by admin | Aug 1, 2020
Specific psychiatric disorders are associated with an increased risk of gun carrying among adolescents, but the vast majority of adolescents with psychiatric disorders did not report gun carrying. Targeted efforts to assess access to and use of firearms in mental...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Background:The extent to which differences in homicide and suicide rates in black versus white men vary by U.S. state is unknown. Objective:To compare the rates of firearm and nonfirearm homicide and suicide in black and white non-Hispanic men by U.S. state and to...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Firearm violence frequently involves alcohol, but there are no studies of misuse of alcohol and risk for future violence among firearm owners. We examined the association between prior convictions for alcohol-related crimes, chiefly driving under the influence (DUI),...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Objective To determine whether restrictiveness-permissiveness of state gun laws or gun ownership are associated with mass shootings in the US. Design Cross sectional time series. Setting and population US gun owners from 1998-2015. Exposure An annual rating between 0...
by admin | Feb 3, 2020
Purpose In 1991, California implemented a law that mandated a background check for all firearm purchases with limited exceptions (comprehensive background check or CBC policy) and prohibited firearm purchase and possession for persons convicted within the past 10...
