Editor’s note: One in three U.S. households contains at least one firearm. Gun owners cite two main reasons for having a gun: hunting and self-protection. A majority of handgun owners believe that they are protecting their homes and families against violent assaults. But in a country where the majority of homicides and suicides involve a gun, it is reasonable to question whether access to a gun...

Discussions about gun policy reflect a growing willingness to treat gun violence as a public health issue. We emphatically support this movement and add our voices to the growing chorus of physicians calling for more stringent gun control. Mental illness has figured prominently in the public dialogue, and we are concerned about its conflation with gun violence in both the popular press and the ...

This study examines Americans' preferences regarding smart guns. The study builds on prior research by including previously unexamined factors, specifically victimization and comfort sharing gun ownership status with a doctor. Further, this study examines differences in preference patterns among gun owners and non-owners. Data were obtained from a nationwide online survey with 524 respondents i...

Because the Polish Air Force currently uses F-16 and MiG-29 aircraft, aim of study was to conduct a comparison susceptibility destruction in combat these two aircraft. The first part work concerned analysis individual critical components, such as: general characteristics airframe structure, aircraft engine, flight control system, fuel weapons, radar system. index defined considering listed comp...

† Nano Convergence and Manufacturing Systems Research Division, Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials, Daejeon 305-343, South Korea ‡ Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Air Force Academy, PO Box, 335-1, Ssangsu-Ri, Namil-Myeon, Cheongwon-Gun, Chungbuk 363-849, South Korea § School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Seoul National University, San 15-1, Shillim-dong, Kwanak-gu...