Firearms are one of the central flashpoints in American life, and yet the motivations
underlying their ownership have been generally understudied by psychologists. In this …

Deaths and injuries from firearms are significant public health problems, and clinicians are
in a unique position to identify risk among their patients and discuss the importance of safe …

Background: The suicide case-fatality rate (CFR)—the proportion of suicidal acts that are
fatal—depends on the distribution of methods used in suicidal acts and the probability of …

Importance Understanding global variation in firearm mortality rates could guide prevention
policies and interventions. Objective To estimate mortality due to firearm injury deaths from …

Background Firearm violence is a significant public health problem in the United States. A
surge in firearm purchasing following the onset of the coronavirus pandemic may have …

The Small Arms Survey wishes to express its gratitude to all the governments, and regional
and international organizations that supported this project financially and with data and …

Importance Adolescent suicide in the US is a major public health problem, yet temporal
trends in suicide methods by demographics are understudied. Objective To examine …

Data from a nationally representative probability-based online survey sample of US adults
conducted in 2015 (n= 3949, response rate 55%) were used to assess self-reported gun …

Firearms are the leading cause of death in children and youth 0 to 24 years of age in the
United States. In 2020, firearms resulted in 10 197 deaths (fatality rate 9.91 per 100 000 …

Importance Firearm injury is the second leading cause of death in the United States for
children and young adults. The risk of unintentional and self-inflicted firearm injury is lower …