- People and guns involved in denied and completed handgun sales
- Author:
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Wright, M. A. / Wintemute, G. J. / Claire, B. E.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Age Group, Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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AMMUNITION, PISTOLS, UNITED States, Violence
Using data on handgun sales and denials in California from 1998 to 2000, the authors found that compared with handguns in completed sales, handguns in denied sales were more like guns used in crime. They...
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- Risk factors among handgun retailers for frequent and disproportionate sales of guns used in violent and firearm related crimes
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Cook, P. J. / Wright, M. A.
- Date:
- 2005
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Crime, State, Supply
- Keywords:
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CRIME, California, PISTOLS, RETAIL trade, Violence
Licensed gun retailers in California selling at least 100 handguns annually between 1996 and 2000 accounted for 11.7% of all California retailers with handgun sales, 81.5% of handgun sales, and 85.5%...
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- Shall-issue policy and criminal activity among applicants for permits to carry concealed firearms
- Author:
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Romero, M. / Wintemute, G. / Wright, M. / Parham, C.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Gun Carrying, Ownership, State
- Keywords:
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concealed firearm, criminal activity, shall-issue
The authors examine the effects of a shall-issue policy in the Sacramento County town of Isleton for permits to carry concealed firearms in public. They compared the incidence of criminal activity of...
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- Increased risk of intimate partner homicide among California women who purchase handguns
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Drake, C. M.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Crime, Criminology, Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Suicide
- Keywords:
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Firearms, Handgun, intimate violence
In this letter to the editor, the authors expand on results from their previous research of mortality among handgun purchasers in California in 1991 that were followed-up through 1996. They used coroners’...
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- Association between handgun purchase and mortality from firearm injury
- Author:
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Grassel, K. M. / Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Romero, M. P.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Injury Prevention
- Topics:
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Criminology, Homicide, Ownership, Public Health, Suicide
- Keywords:
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California, case-control, data, firearm death, firearm retailer
The authors examined the association between violent or firearm death and previous handgun purchase, in this case-control study of 213,466 Californians ages 21 and older who died in 1998, using data from...
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- Subsequent criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns: risk factors and effectiveness of denying handgun purchase
- Author:
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Wintemute, G. J. / Wright, M. A. / Drake, C. M. / Beaumont, J. J.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Jama
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, State
- Keywords:
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CRIME, California, Gun purchase, firearms - law & legislation, firearms and crime
A 1991 California law denied handgun purchases to people convicted of violent misdemeanors. The authors analyze the arrests for 3 years after the law was passed for those denied purchase under the new...
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