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catsittingstill) wrote2012-12-22 09:39 am
catsittingstill) wrote2012-12-22 09:39 am
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For future reference.
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