Association between Firearm Laws and Homicide in Urban Counties

Laws related to the sale, use, and carrying of firearms have been associated with differences in firearm homicide rates at the state level. Right-to-carry (RTC) and stand your ground (SYG) laws are associated with increases in firearm homicide; permit-to-purchase (PTP) laws and those prohibiting ind...

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Published in:	Journal of urban health Vol. 95; no. 3; pp. 383 - 390
Main Authors:	Crifasi, Cassandra K., Merrill-Francis, Molly, McCourt, Alex, Vernick, Jon S., Wintemute, Garen J., Webster, Daniel W.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Springer US 01.06.2018 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Aggression Correlation analysis Counties Epidemiology Female Firearm laws & regulations Firearms Firearms - legislation & jurisprudence Firearms - statistics & numerical data Gun Violence - legislation & jurisprudence Gun Violence - statistics & numerical data Health Informatics Homicide Homicide - legislation & jurisprudence Homicide - statistics & numerical data Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Murders & murder attempts Poisson density functions Public Health Regression analysis Regression models Small arms Statistical analysis Tests Time series United States Urban areas Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Violence Young Adult United States United States > US Firearm Homicide Gun policy
ISSN:	1099-3460, 1468-2869, 1468-2869
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