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Apparently having a gun at home increases risk of death or injury ...

Per several studies, having a firearm is demonstrably correlated to incidents of violence with firearms, firearms accidents, suicide by firearm, ...

Owning Guns Puts People in Your Home at Greater Risk of Death

A new study shows that people living in homes with guns face substantially higher risks of being fatally assaulted.

People in homes with handguns more likely to be shot dead, major ...

For decades, studies have shown guns in the home raise the risk of a violent death. Much of that work, including an earlier study by ...

Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home

Conclusion: Having a gun at home is a risk factor for adults to be shot fatally (gun homicide) or commit suicide with a firearm. Physicians should continue to ...

The health risk of having a gun in the home - MinnPost

Having a gun in your home significantly increases your risk of death — and that of your spouse and children ...

Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home - PubMed

Guns kept in homes are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt than to be used to injure ...

Firearm deaths in the home due to suicide and criminal homicide ...

Availability of firearms at home have been repeatedly associated with an increased risk of suicide and homicides inside the home. In a new ...

The psychology of guns: risk, fear, and motivated reasoning - Nature

Case-control studies have repeatedly found that gun ownership is associated with an increased risk of gun-related homicide or suicide occurring ...

Are you more likely to be shot if you own a gun? - Quora

People with guns in their homes are more likely to be injured by firearms than people who have no guns. Most of those injuries stem from not ...

When will we have a clear consensus on whether having a gun at ...

Given that guns are a greater risk (of injury or death) to the person, family, and friends who own them, than they are to a potential criminal, ...

More Guns Do Not Stop More Crimes, Evidence Shows

In one, they found that a gun in the home was tied to a nearly fivefold increase in the odds of suicide. (More Americans die from gun suicides ...

How to Rebut Claim - "Guns Make Homes Less Safe"? : r/Firearms

I mean, it's a statistical fact that having a gun in your home increases the chance to have a firearm related injury. It's also a fact that ...

Educate Gun Owners of Risks - Everytown

Educating gun purchasers of the risks of owning firearms. ... Access to a firearm significantly increases the risk of death by suicide, domestic ...

Effects of Concealed-Carry Laws on Violent Crime - RAND

Summary: There is supportive evidence that shall-issue concealed-carry laws may increase total homicides, firearm homicides, and violent crime. Evidence for the ...

Preventing Firearm-Related Injury and Death: A Targeted Intervention

... firearm injury and death: identify patients at increased risk for firearm injury, ask patients about access to firearms when indicated, and ...

Living in a house with a gun increases your odds of death | Vox

Guns can kill you in three ways: homicide, suicide, and by accident. Owning a gun or having one readily accessible makes all three more likely.

The Dickey Amendment on Federal Funding for Research on Gun ...

Soon, studies funded by the center began to draw attention to the gun issue. In particular, a 1993 study by Arthur Kellermann and his colleagues revealed an ...

Gun Violence in America | Everytown Research & Policy

Gun violence in America is at a crisis point. Every day, 125 people are killed from guns and more than twice as many are shot and wounded.

Study finds higher homicide risk in homes with handguns | AP News

For decades, studies have shown guns in the home raise the risk of a violent death. Much of that work, including an earlier study by ...

Child and Teen Firearm Mortality in the U.S. and Peer Countries | KFF

In 2020 and 2021, firearms contributed to the deaths of more children ages 1-17 years in the U.S. than any other type of injury or illness. The ...