he Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force) is conducting systematic reviews of scientific evidence about diverse interventions or the prevention of violence, and resulting injury and eath, including, among others, early childhood home isitation,1,2 therapeutic foster care,3 the transfer of juveiles to the adult justice system, school programs for the eaching of prosocial be...

While national firearms regulations often restrict the types of firearms civilians may legally own, such regulations do not necessarily eliminate demand. Prohibitions on handguns in particular have led some parties to devise new means to acquire these or comparable firearms. One common method involves mechanically altering an accessible replica firearm to function in a similar way as a restrict...

OBJECTIVES This study determined the prevalence and storage patterns of firearms in US homes with children. METHODS We analyzed data from the 1994 National Health Interview Survey and Year 2000 objectives supplement. A multistage sample design was used to represent the civilian noninstitutionalized US population. RESULTS Respondents from 35% of the homes with children younger than 18 years ...

While national firearms regulations often restrict the types of firearms civilians may legally own, such regulations do not necessarily eliminate demand. Prohibitions on handguns in particular have led some parties to devise new means to acquire these or comparable firearms. One common method involves mechanically altering an accessible replica firearm to function in a similar way as a restrict...

OBJECTIVES We evaluated a law enforcement initiative to screen respondents to domestic violence restraining orders for firearm ownership or possession and recover their firearms. METHODS The initiative was implemented in San Mateo and Butte counties in California from 2007 through 2010. We used descriptive methods to evaluate the screening process and recovery effort in each county, relying o...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to examine the behaviors of high school students exposed to firearms and firearms- related violence, which they had perpetrated or witnessed, and whether or not these events were related to stress. METHOD The study was conducted in Düzce province, which is characterised by the widespread use of firearms. A questionnaire was prepared to ascertain students' attitudes ...

During 2000-2002, the Task Force on Community Preventive Services (the Task Force), an independent nonfederal task force, conducted a systematic review of scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of firearms laws in preventing violence, including violent crimes, suicide, and unintentional injury. The following laws were evaluated: bans on specified firearms or ammunition, restrictions on...

INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERVENTION* Bans on Specified Firearms or Ammunition 406 Acquisition Restrictions 407 Waiting Periods for Firearm Acquisition 408 Firearm Registration and Licensing of Firearm Owners 410 Shall Issue Concealed Weapons Carry Laws 411 Child Access Prevention (CAP) Laws 413 Zero Tolerance of Firearms in Schools 414 Combinations of Firearms L...

OBJECTIVE The gender gap describing the apparent differences in male and female reports of firearm-ownership and -storage habits has never been evaluated among individuals who live in the same household. Thus, the objective of this study was to examine the level of agreement on household firearms and storage practices among cohabiting partners. METHODS Data for this investigation came from fo...

Objective: To estimate the protective effect of storing firearms locked or unloaded, or both, on the risk of suicide by firearms among people with relatively low intention to die. Design and setting: Cross sectional survey. The 1993 National Mortality Followback Survey of 22 957 deaths in the United States, representing 2.2 million people, conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics....