Background: In 2015, more than 44 000 persons in the United States died by suicide; one half of these persons used firearms (1). Considering and addressing beliefs about the relationship between firearms and suicide in this country are likely to improve prevention...
Background: In 1994, 40% of U.S. gun owners who had recently acquired a firearm did so without a background check. No contemporary estimates exist. Objective: To estimate the proportion of current U.S. gun owners who acquired their most recent firearm without a...
Purpose – The purpose of the present analysis is to test the relative impact of trust in police, social cohesion, and fear of crime on neighborhood‐level rates of concealed pistol license (CPL) holding. The dynamics of both formal and informal social control are...
Determining the relationship between gun ownership levels and firearm homicide rates is critical to inform public health policy. Previous research has shown that state-level gun ownership, as measured by a widely used proxy, is positively associated with firearm...
Objective Racism is related to policies preferences and behaviors that adversely affect blacks and appear related to a fear of blacks (e.g., increased policing, death penalty). This study examined whether racism is also related to gun ownership and opposition to gun...
