Firearms have surpassed motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death among American youngsters, with official data showing a strong rise in gun-related homicides such as the killing of 19 children in a Texas school ...
May 26, 2022
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US regions with lax gun control laws are bearing the brunt of firearm injury costs, with tax- funded dollars providing almost half of the total, finds research published in the open access journal Trauma Surgery & Acute Care ...
May 2, 2022
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A new study conducted by Georgia State University researchers examining the risks of adolescent suicide by guns found that the teens did not display typical suicidal behaviors. These findings increase the need for strong ...
Sep 27, 2021
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Gun violence among children is lower in states with more gun laws, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Feb 4, 2021
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A provision to raise the U.S. minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 years has been inserted into the end-of-year spending bill in Congress.
Dec 18, 2019
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While gun violence in America kills more than 35,000 people a year and as calls for policies to stem the crisis grow, University of Washington researchers point out in a new analysis that barriers to data stand in the way ...
Oct 15, 2019
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After mass shootings in Ohio and Texas this summer, gun control burst back on the scene as a major political issue for Democrats. Now it risks taking a back seat as impeachment fever overtakes Washington.
Oct 2, 2019
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First-ever side-by-side comparison of state gun laws finds states with universal background checks for all gun sales had homicide rates 15 percent lower than states without such laws.
Mar 28, 2019
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A new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers finds that states with higher levels of household gun ownership also have higher overall youth suicide rates, with every 10 percentage-point ...
Jan 17, 2019
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The magnitude of lives shortened by gun violence in the US since the turn of the century has been more than twice as great among black Americans—particularly those up to the age of 20—as it has been among whites, finds ...
Dec 4, 2018
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