In a sample of 36 nations circa 1993, a measure of firearm availability based on the percentages of suicides and homicides using firearms gave better evidence for an association between firearm availability and their use for suicide and homicide than did the...
The circulation of firearm magazines was used as an index of gun ownership in the states of the USA. States with a higher per capita circulation of firearm magazines had higher suicide rates by gun and higher overall suicide rates. Homicide rates were unrelated to...
Each year in the United States, about 1500-2000 people are accidentally killed by firearms In 1976, for example, there were 2059 accidental deaths due to firearms (out of 100,761 total accidental deaths), as compared to 14,728 suicides due to firearms and 12,766...
A study of 17 nations indicated that an indirect measure of gun availability (the percentages of suicides and homicides involving a gun) was related to the accidental-death rate from guns. These results supported an opportunity theory of accident causation.
The handgun control statutes of the continental states of the USA in 1966 were coded and scaled for strictness, and strictness was found to be unrelated to the incidence of homicide (by any method) in 1960 and 1970. However, states with the stricter handgun control...
