The author examines the efficacy of gun control laws in reducing suicide via restricting access to lethal means in a suicidal individual’s environment. Controlling for various socioeconomic factors, gun... read more >

The authors reviewed previously published studies on the effect of Canada’s Criminal Law Amendment Act of 1977 (Bill C-51) on suicide rates by age and gender. They also present the findings of two new... read more >

The authors read more than 200 news accounts and conducted over 40 interviews with key participants in the May 14 (Mother’s Day) 2000 Million Mom March, probably the most successful public advocacy event... read more >

Using data generated from a nationally representative random digit-dial telephone survey, the authors examine how perceptions of safety are influenced as more people in a community acquire firearms. 51%... read more >

The authors used data from the 2000 National Political Awareness Test –an annual survey that asks federal and state legislators which items they will support if they are elected – to examine whether gender... read more >

The authors examined the associations of state laws restricting firearms and incidence rates of suicide in men and women in this cross-sectional study, dividing states into three categories based on the... read more >

The author examines the Million Mom March, a protest march for stricter gun control laws held in 2000, that aimed to recruit American women into gun control activism and to demonstrate the enormous support... read more >

The authors compared high school students’ attitudes about firearm policies with those of adults using information from the Hamilton Youth and Guns Poll, a national survey of high school students on their... read more >