For future reference.
Dec. 22nd, 2012 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
catsittingstill Some scientific research on guns and safety.
(This is an opinion piece but it has links to research papers.) http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470
Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9715182
Snopes--not exactly scientific but more so than not,
links to DoJ figures on homicides by weapon type.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/baseballbats.asp
Department of Justice:
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Stand your ground laws increase homicides http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/167984117/-stand-your-ground-linked-to-increase-in-homicide?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130102
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States
Comments from actual gun owners and users (not scientific--but good)
http://www.xojane.com/issues/on-black-holes-patience-and-what-i-know-to-be-true
(This is an opinion piece but it has links to research papers.) http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470
Injuries and deaths due to firearms in the home:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9715182
Snopes--not exactly scientific but more so than not,
links to DoJ figures on homicides by weapon type.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/guns/baseballbats.asp
Department of Justice:
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/
Stand your ground laws increase homicides http://www.npr.org/2013/01/02/167984117/-stand-your-ground-linked-to-increase-in-homicide?utm_source=NPR&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=20130102
http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1487470
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States
Comments from actual gun owners and users (not scientific--but good)
http://www.xojane.com/issues/on-black-holes-patience-and-what-i-know-to-be-true
