…check is required at gun stores across the United States. But individual states set their own laws about private transactions, including at gun shows (“the gun-show loophole”). Some states have…
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…standards for firearm possession might deter criminal gun possession and use. But, adding barriers for the acquisition of guns by high-risk persons is an underused potential intervention.” Tags: guns, crime…
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…Interpersonal Violence, December 2021. Firearms and Protective Orders in Intimate Partner Homicides Vivian Lyons, et. al. Journal of Family Violence, November 2020. Guns and Intimate Partner Violence among Adolescents: A…
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…having more guns was associated with comparatively fewer total homicides. “In Western nations citizens appear to be more likely to view guns as the weapon of choice when committing violence,…
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…54.9%) believed that ‘it is too easy for criminals to get guns in this country.’” “Most respondents were gun dealers (380, 64.3%), with significant variation by region; dealers accounted for…
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…policies and programs on gun violence.” While all interventions reduced gun crime, gun buy-back programs and stricter gun laws were found to be only marginally effective. Law enforcement efforts, however,…
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…guns and guns used in suicide, that firearms are used defensively many times per day, and that some types of targeted police interventions may effectively lower gun crime and violence….
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…respondent carried a gun was strongly associated with their perception of the level of peer gun carrying. Most respondents believed it was easier for other youth to obtain guns than…
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…of Yale, analyzes data from Chicago. It finds that urban violence often takes place in highly interconnected social networks: “Seventy percent of all nonfatal gunshot injuries during a six-year period…
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…kids with a positive outlook toward the future might be “more hesitant to be involved in severe forms of violence, such as perpetrating weapons-related violence,” which often carries severe consequences…
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