Unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths: a preventable death analysis for three safety devices
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Unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths: a preventable death analysis for three safety devices.
OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of unintentional and undetermined firearm related deaths preventable by three safety devices: personalization devices, loaded chamber indicators (LCIs), and magazine safeties. A personalized gun will operate only for an authorized user, a LCI indicates when the gun contains ammunition, and a magazine safety prevents the gun from firing when the ammunition m...
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عنوان ژورنال: Injury Prevention
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1353-8047
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.4.307