Background Among developed nations, the United States has the highest rate of civilian gun ownership, and the highest homicide rate. We examine whether the United States is merely an exception, or if a relationship between gun availability and homicide exists across...
Two of every three American homicide victims are killed with firearms, yet little is known about the role played by household firearms in homicide victimization. The present study is the first to examine the cross sectional association between household firearm...
Context In the United States, more than 45,000 women died from gun violence over the last decade. Objective To determine whether measures of firearm availability are related to rates of suicide, homicide, and unintentional firearm deaths among women in the United...
Objective to determine the association between firearm availability and female homicide victimization among high-income countries. Methods Data were assembled for the most recent available year (1994-1999) from the official reports of the ministries of health for...
Background Research suggests that access to firearms in the home increases the risk for violent death. Purpose To understand current estimates of the association between firearm availability and suicide or homicide. Data Sources PubMed, EMBASE, the Cochrane Central...
