Statistics show that veterans die by suicide from firearms – a particularly lethal means of suicide – at a higher rate than in the general population.
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Owning a gun can influence your outlook, both fueling a sense of danger in the world around you and holding out the promise of rescuing you from those fears.
Health leaders, researchers, advocacy groups, companies and the public have saved millions of lives by reducing the consumption of unhealthy products.
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
The concept goes back to a 17th century polymath who worked in Germany.
Over the past year, Ottawa has had a mixed record in implementing the Mass Casualty Commission’s firearm recommendations. Some provinces, however, have sought to limit implementation.
Expect other states to pick up the civil-litigation torch.
Research shows that more children have handled household guns than their parents think.
Youth migration, unemployment, proliferation of small arms and drugs are some of the drivers of violent crimes in Lagos.
Red flag laws are an important step in the right direction, but much more work is needed to determine the role of mental health in the lead-up to and aftermath of mass shootings.
Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
Kids were more likely to tell an adult and less likely to touch or hold a handgun that they discovered if they’d recently watched a short video about gun safety.
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
The Mass Casualty Commission into the mass shooting in Nova Scotia in 2020 makes several recommendations to meaningfully change Canada’s gun laws.
Even fake guns can be dangerous if they are mistaken for real ones by the police or other armed adults.
Keeping weapons locked away and unloaded reduces the risk of death by suicide for gun owners and their children.
Much of the public discussion on preventing school shootings is about whether and how to limit people’s access to firearms. But other strategies can reduce the risk for violence.
Watching gun violence on screen can desensitize children to the harm caused by firearms.
Support for strong gun ownership rights is often associated with conservative Christian views, but religion and self-defense have a much longer history in the United States.
Research shows that removing guns from violent abusers saves lives. But laws doing just that are at risk of being ruled unconstitutional, following a landmark Supreme Court guns case.
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Professor, History, Saint Mary’s University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Completed PhD with the focus on 'Criminal armourers and illegal firearm supply in England and Wales', University of Brighton
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Visiting Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University