Background The literature on gun violence is broad and variable, describing multiple
legislation types and outcomes in observational studies. Our objective was to document the …

BACKGROUND Firearm violence remains a leading cause of death and injury in the United
States. Prior research supports that alcohol exposures, including individual-level alcohol …

Most homicides in the United States are committed using a handgun, but little research
examines gun carrying over critical stages of the life course and changing contexts of …

Abstract Research Summary We utilized the synthetic difference‐in‐difference method to
estimate the impact of adopting a permitless concealed carry weapons (CCW) law on rates …

Introduction Pandemic-era social and political tensions may have accelerated pre-existing
trends in gun owner diversification and shifts toward protection from people as a primary …

This study investigates the reciprocal county-level relationship between the number of
concealed carry weapon (CCW) licenses issued and homicides between 2010 and 2019 in …

In 2019, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) hosted the inaugural Medical Summit on
Firearm Injury Prevention. The Summit convened representatives from 44 major medical …

Consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the anti-Black racism movement have
produced a social environment in the United States in recent years where interpersonal …

In the last 30 years, 25 US states have relaxed laws regulating the concealed carrying of
firearms (concealed-carry weapons (CCW) laws). These changes may have substantial …

Background Firearm access and storage practices influence risk for injury and death;
however, prior research has considered only national and regional differences on these …