When Concealed Handgun Licensees Break Bad: Criminal Convictions of Concealed Handgun Licensees in Texas, 2001–2009
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2012.300807