Gun control law (Bill C-17), suicide, and homicide in Canada.

Responding to the crisis of firearm violence in the United States: comment on "Firearm legislation and firearm-related fatalities in the United States".

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Commentary: Homicide-suicide in older adults--cultural and contextual perspectives.

The authors comment on "Domestic Homicide and Homicide-Suicide: The Older Offender" by Bourget et al., who learned that after a domestic homicide in Canada, the older offender frequently commits suicide. The authors comment on the ubiquity of single homicide-suicide across cultures, the incidence of single homicide-suicide in various cultures, the common patterns and differences in single homic...

Homicide and suicide risks associated with firearms in the home: a national case-control study.

STUDY OBJECTIVE I test the hypothesis that having a gun in the home is a risk factor for adults to be killed (homicide) or to commit suicide. METHODS Two case-control analyses were based on national samples of subjects 18 years of age or older. Homicide and suicide case subjects were drawn from the 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey. Living control subjects were drawn from the 1994 Nat...

An evaluation of state firearm regulations and homicide and suicide death rates.

OBJECTIVE To determine if any of five different state gun laws were associated with firearm mortality: (1) "shall issue" laws permitting an individual to carry a concealed weapon unless restricted by another statute; (2) a minimum age of 21 years for handgun purchase; (3) a minimum age of 21 years for private handgun possession; (4) one gun a month laws which restrict handgun purchase frequency...

Capital punishment, gun control, and personal violence (suicide and homicide).