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Sexual and Gender Minority Status and Firearms in the Household: Findings from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Surveys, California and Texas,

by Admin2 | Jul 25, 2023

Objectives Although lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people have a higher prevalence of reporting a lifetime suicide attempt than non-LGBT people, suicide prevention research on access to lethal means (eg, firearms) among LGBT people is limited. Our...

A Review of Legislation Restricting the Intersection of Firearms and Alcohol in the U.S.

by admin | Dec 20, 2021

Objectives In the United States, injury is a leading cause of alcohol-related death, and alcohol use is the leading risk factor for injury. We reviewed state and federal legislation regulating the intersection of alcohol and firearms. Methods We examined the...

Possession and carrying of firearms among suburban youth

by Caitlin Clarkson Pereira | Aug 9, 2021

Despite a growing body of anecdotal evidence suggesting the spread of firearms to suburban juvenile populations, most studies of firearm activity by juveniles focus either on urban youth or on nationally representative samples that blur urban and nonurban...

Firearm Homicide and Firearm Suicide: Opposite but Equal

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Objective Homicide and suicide are intentional acts of violence that disproportionately involve firearms. Much more effort has been devoted to the ecological study of homicide; methods that have been developed to better understand and subsequently prevent homicide may...

Money for guns: evaluation of the Seattle Gun Buy-Back Program

by admin | Feb 3, 2020

Community involvement in local firearms policy is advocated to be an important component of efforts to curtail violence. This report describes the first evaluation of one such effort, a gun buy-back program conducted in Seattle, WA, during the fall of 1992. The...

Sexual and Gender Minority Status and Firearms in the Household: Findings from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Surveys, California and Texas,

A Review of Legislation Restricting the Intersection of Firearms and Alcohol in the U.S.

Possession and carrying of firearms among suburban youth

Firearm Homicide and Firearm Suicide: Opposite but Equal

Money for guns: evaluation of the Seattle Gun Buy-Back Program

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