+ Firearm Injury Prevention: Failure of Gun-Safety Education
- Author:
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Dowd MD / Sege R / Smith GA / Wright JL
- Date:
- 2004
- Publication:
- Pediatrics: American Academy of Pediatrics;
- Topics:
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Age Group, Education/Counseling, Gun Carrying, Public Health, Storage
- Keywords:
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Children, SAFETY education, critique, gun handling
The authors comment on another researcher’s published study, which demonstrated that gun-safety education among young children does not prevent children’s subsequent handling of guns in naturalistic settings...
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+ Acquisition of marksmanship and gun handling skills through basic law enforcement training in an American police department
- Author:
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Charles, Michael T. / Copay, Anne G.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- International Journal of Police Science & Management
- Topics:
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Education/Counseling, Law Enforcement
- Keywords:
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TRAINING, gun handling, inexperienced shooter, marksmanship
The authors evaluated the marksmanship and gun handling skills that could be learned through the basic law enforcement firearms course at the Police Training Institute at the University of Illinois, having...
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+ Unintended shootings in a large metropolitan area: an incident-based analysis
- Author:
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Ismach, R. B. / Reza, A. / Ary, R. / Sampson, T. R. / Bartolomeos, K. / Kellermann, A. L.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- Ann Emerg Med
- Topics:
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Storage
- Keywords:
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child access, gun design, safe gun handling, unintended shooting, unintentional firearm injury
The authors evaluated the proportion of unintended shootings that may be prevented by promoting safe storage, safe handling, and/or safer firearm designs in this study that retrospectively identified...
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