OBJECTIVE To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross sectional survey. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey of 22 957 deaths in the United States, representing 2.2 million people, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics....

OBJECTIVES To examine whether significant changes in method-specific male suicide rates occurred in the province of Quebec after stronger firearms regulations were introduced in Canada in 1991; to ascertain whether more stringent firearms regulations influence firearms and total suicide trends among men and to determine whether different results are obtained according to the statistical methods...

results: we performed reverse sural flaps in eight gunshot patients, to cover the defects of the lower leg and foot. surgical site infection observed in one patient (12.5%) was treated successfully with antibiotic therapy. the reverse sural flap provided a satisfactory coverage for gunshot defects in all the patients. objectives: the purpose of this prospective case series study was explore the...

The research was focused on the study of weapon-related traumas in skeletal remains soldiers who died Battle San Martino (Italy, 1859). These are housed monumental ossuary Martino. examination 817 skulls revealed traces injuries 90 skulls, selected and submitted to anthropological studies. aim this work head attributable firearms blade weapons relation armaments military tactics used that perio...

Increasing public attention has been devoted in the past several years to gun-related injuries. Some of the concern has centered on the safety of individuals, especially and understandably on children, who live in homes with guns. The proper role of physicians in contributing to child safety at home (and elsewhere) is an important, albeit controversial, topic (1). However, gun safety is also a ...

Attached are reports prepared by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for the 17 communities participating in the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative. They fulfill three goals by: (1) Documenting how juveniles and youth illegally obtain firearms; (2) Enabling Federal and local enforcement agencies to assess the illegal firearms problem in their communities and develop strategie...

The use of firearms is a common means of suicide. We examined the effect of a policy change in the Israeli Defense Forces reducing adolescents' access to firearms on rates of suicide. Following the policy change, suicide rates decreased significantly by 40%. Most of this decrease was due to decrease in suicide using firearms over the weekend. There were no significant changes in rates of suicid...

AIMS Our aim was to compare the weapons used in lethal or potentially lethal violence against parents according to the age (adolescent vs. adult) of the offender and victim (mother vs. father) of the offence. METHOD All forensic psychiatric examination statements of male offenders who had offended violently against one of their parents during 1973-2004 in Finland (n=192) were reviewed retrosp...