The current research investigates the relationship between firearm availability and homicide rates in a nonrandom sample of countries considered “wet” or “dry” with respect to drinking culture. We contend that the relationship between firearm availability and homicide...
Introduction Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of mortality and long-term morbidity in the pediatric population. Given renewed legislative efforts aimed at reducing firearm violence and harm, we sought to investigate the impact of firearms on mortality...
Background The high rates of death, injury, and long-term disability related to firearms in the United States have led to growing concern in the health care community. Medical organizations and journals are devoting increasing attention to firearm violence as a public...
Context Under current federal law, many persons with prior convictions for misdemeanor offenses pass criminal records background checks and legally purchase handguns. Background New policy options are emerging in the debate regarding the regulation of firearms in the...
For almost a decade scholars have been debating about how many defensive gun uses (DGUs) occur annually. Gary Kleck and colleagues, citing a series of polls culminating in the 1993 Kleck-Gertz survey, argue that at least 2.55 million people use a firearm for...
