The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
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Philadelphia has a high rate of gun homicides despite having relatively few gun owners and gun stores compared with other US cities.
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.
The people manning the guns are also at risk of injury from the force of the weapon.
The alleged murders of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird have shone a spotlight on when, why are how police can access their firearms.
Mexico claims that US firearm manufacturers are fueling illegal cross-border gun trafficking and violent crime abroad.
The NRA’s new leaders have to make important decisions as they confront a shaky financial future.
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.
An important tool in the fight against domestic violence is under scrutiny in a major US Supreme Court case.
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.
America’s veneration of gun ownership is seconded only by its commitment to rendering armed Blacks as an existential danger to the civility and structure of America.
Presidents have family drama, like all other people. Hunter Biden is simply the latest example of a family member who has brought negative attention to a president’s administration.
Canada’s first National Day Against Gun Violence paves the way forward to help mitigate gun violence and promote healing for survivors.
Laws shielding from prosecution those who kill and maim citing self-defense have spread across the states and may be fueling a ‘shoot now, think later’ mindset among homeowners.
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.
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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