What do we know about the association between firearm legislation and firearm-related injuries?

J Santaella-Tenorio, M Cerdá, A Villaveces… - Epidemiologic …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Firearms account for a substantial proportion of external causes of death, injury, and
disability across the world. Legislation to regulate firearms has often been passed with the …

Stereotypes, crime, and policing

B O'Flaherty, R Sethi - Annual Review of Criminology, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Crime and policing activities routinely involve interactions between strangers and require
the interacting parties to make highly consequential decisions under time pressure. Under …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of state firearm laws on homicide and suicide deaths in the USA, 1991–2016: a panel study

M Siegel, M Pahn, Z Xuan, E Fleegler… - Journal of general …, 2019 - Springer
Background Firearm injuries are a major cause of mortality in the USA. Few recent studies
have simultaneously examined the impact of multiple state gun laws to determine their …

[BOOK][B] The gun debate: What everyone needs to know®

PJ Cook, KA Goss - 2020 - books.google.com
No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root
early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of …

Firearm-related laws in all 50 US states, 1991–2016

M Siegel, M Pahn, Z Xuan, CS Ross… - … Journal of Public …, 2017 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To describe a new database containing detailed annual information on firearm-
related laws in place in each of the 50 US states from 1991 to 2016 and to summarize key …

Changes in firearm mortality following the implementation of state laws regulating firearm access and use

TL Schell, M Cefalu, BA Griffin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Although 39,000 individuals die annually from gunshots in the US, research examining the
effects of laws designed to reduce these deaths has sometimes produced inconclusive or …

Evaluating the impact of Florida's “stand your ground” self-defense law on homicide and suicide by firearm: an interrupted time series study

DK Humphreys, A Gasparrini… - JAMA internal medicine, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In 2005, Florida amended its self-defense laws to provide legal immunity to
individuals using lethal force in self-defense. The enactment of “stand your ground” laws in …

Does strengthening self-defense law deter crime or escalate violence?: Evidence from expansions to castle doctrine

C Cheng, M Hoekstra - Journal of Human Resources, 2013 - jhr.uwpress.org
From 2000 to 2010, more than 20 states passed so-called “Castle Doctrine” or “stand your
ground” laws. These laws expand the legal justification for the use of lethal force in self …

Analysis of “Stand Your Ground” self-defense laws and statewide rates of homicides and firearm homicides

M Degli Esposti, DJ Wiebe, A Gasparrini… - JAMA network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Most US states have amended self-defense laws to enhance legal immunities
for individuals using deadly force in public. Despite concerns that “stand your ground”(SYG) …

[BOOK][B] Honor bound: How a cultural ideal has shaped the American psyche

RP Brown - 2016 - books.google.com
" Culture of honor" is what social scientists call a society that organizes social life around
maintaining and defending reputation. In an honor culture, because reputation is everything …