Firearm Deaths in America: Can We Learn from 462,000 Lives Lost?

by | Jul 20, 2023

Objective We sought to determine whether state firearm legislation correlated with firearm-related fatality rates (FFR) during a 15-year period.   Background The politicized and controversial topic of firearm legislation has been grossly understudied when the...

Community distress predicts youth gun violence

by | Dec 14, 2021

Background The purpose of this study was to investigate our institution’s experience with pediatric firearm events. We sought to determine the relationship between a community’s level of socioeconomic distress and the incidence of youth gun violence....