Millions of Americans became first-time gun owners post-pandemic
1. This national survey estimated that 29.8 million U.S. adults acquired firearms between 2021 and 2024, including 11.2 million individuals ...
Tag: firearm safety
Caregivers of people with dementia may benefit from online decision aid when managing firearm access
1. In this randomized controlled trial involving caregivers for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, the use of the ...
Extreme risk protection orders protect individuals from firearm threats
1. Extreme risk protection order (ERPO) laws were shown to protect respondents and family members from harming themselves or others ...
Stricter state gun laws associated with lower pediatric firearm injury
1. Stricter state gun laws, as measured by a scorecard, were associated with decreased firearm-related mortality rate in children, after ...
Rising handgun ownership linked to increased firearm mortalities among young children
1. Despite a decrease in overall firearm ownership among families with young children in the household between 1976 and 2016, ...
Firearm storage practices unrelated to childrens’ risk of self-harm
1. Millions of American children live in homes with firearms that are kept unlocked or loaded, or both, against American ...
Nevada gun shows linked to short-term increases in California firearm injuries and deaths
1. Nevada gun shows were linked to local, temporary increases in firearm-related injuries and deaths in California, but California gun ...
Gun laws that require domestic abusers to surrender firearms could save lives
1. Restricting firearms in domestic abusers may decrease intimate partner homicide rates. 2. Laws that did not explicitly require offenders ...
Pediatric firearm injuries substantial cause of premature death, disability
1. Pediatric suicide rates decreased significantly from 2002-2007 but increased significantly from 2008-2014; pediatric homicide rates exhibited the opposite trend. ...
Brief emergency department screening tool may help identify high-risk youths for future firearm violence
1. Researchers developed a 1-2 minute screening tool that uses a 10-point SaFETy score relating to risk factors that correspond ...
