Read online: Scan this QR code with your smart phone or mobile device to read online. The public health approach to the prevention of violence has been applied for almost the last 40 years. During this period, several studies have shown that in many countries where firearms are abundant and violence rates are high, the proportion of people dying because of firearms is high. Several studies have...

Suicide guns: why collect this information? Firearm suicide is a worldwide problem. The majority of firearm deaths in many countries are suicides (including and the United States). 1 2 In the United States, over half of suicides are committed with firearms. 1 2 However, we know much more about the characteristics of suicide victims than we do about the firearms that they use. Although often ove...

As the American Medical Association (1) emphasized, guns are the means of a number of injuries and deaths. According to 2007 data (2), firearm suicides account for approximately 50% of all suicides in the United States alone, and firearm homicides account for approximately 69% of all homicides. Firearms are present in around 35% of all U.S. households (3). The presence of a firearm in the home ...

The theory of the military revolution was initiated by Michael Roberts in his writing on state Swedish army 17th century. advent firearms fundamentally changed warfare, although bow and cold weapons remained dominant battlefield for a long time. This is because from China have only slowly replaced traditional means. In 16th century, several powers began to use almost simultaneously, Netherlands...

OBJECTIVES We investigated how state-level firearms legislation is associated with firearm ownership and storage among families with preschool-aged children. METHODS Using 2005 nationally representative data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (n = 8100), we conducted multinomial regression models to examine the associations between state-level firearms legislation genera...

BACKGROUND Gun possession by high-risk individuals presents a serious threat to public safety. U.S. federal law establishes minimum criteria for legal purchase and possession of firearms; many states have laws disqualifying additional categories for illegal possession. METHODS We used data from a national survey of state prison inmates to calculate: 1) the proportion of offenders, incarcerate...

OBJECTIVE American children's ready access to firearms contributes to high rates of firearm-related injuries. Understanding the factors that influence storage decisions is critical for prevention. This study examined the influence of geography and presence of children <16 years old in the home on firearm-ownership and storage decisions of northeast-Ohio residents. METHODS Analysis was based o...

CONTEXT Firearms are used in the majority of college aged suicides and homicides. With recent efforts by various gun lobbying groups to have firearms more accessible to college students on campuses, there is the potential for more firearm-related morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVE This study assessed university police chiefs' perceptions and practices concerning selected issues of firearm vio...

Victimizations involving the theft of firearms declined from 283,600 in 1994 to 145,300 in 2010 (figure 1). Overall, about 1.4 million guns, or an annual average of 232,400, were stolen during burglaries and other property crimes in the six-year period from 2005 through 2010. Of these stolen firearms, at least 80% (186,800) had not been recovered at the time of the National Crime Victimization ...

OBJECTIVE Across the US, firearms are used in approximately 60% of all suicide deaths. Little research has assessed the role and determinants of firearms in suicide in major urban areas. METHODS The authors collected data on all suicide deaths between 1990 and 2000 from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of New York City (NYC) and assessed trends and correlates of firearm related suicid...