Importance Firearms caused more than 500 pediatric fatalities in 2017-a 50% increase from 2009. Laws regulating firearms are one approach to reducing pediatric firearm fatalities. Objective To evaluate the association between state child access prevention (CAP)...
Introduction Although some view the ownership of firearms as a deterrent to crime, the relationship between population-level firearm ownership rates and violent criminal perpetration is unclear. The purpose of this study is to test the association between state-level...
Introduction Firearm violence injures or kills 100,000 Americans each year. This paper applies the Host–Agent–Vector–Environment model to this issue. Research on firearm violence tends to focus on two elements—the host (i.e., victims of firearm violence) and the...
Background Firearm injuries are a major cause of mortality in the USA. Few recent studies have simultaneously examined the impact of multiple state gun laws to determine their independent association with homicide and suicide rates. Objective To examine the...
Background To prevent intimate partner homicide (IPH), some states have adopted laws restricting firearm possession by intimate partner violence (IPV) offenders. “Possession” laws prohibit the possession of firearms by these offenders. “Relinquishment” laws prohibit...
