AAP Grand Rounds Subscribe to Pediatrics in Review
HOME HELP CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTIONS CME ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Take the CME quiz:
 Vol. 14 No. 3, September 2005
Right arrow Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow E-mail this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My File Cabinet
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via CrossRef
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by McIntosh, G. C.
Right arrow Articles by Katcher, M. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by McIntosh, G. C.
Right arrow Articles by Katcher, M. L.
Related Collections
Right arrow Injury and Poison Prevention

AAP Grand Rounds 14:33-34 (2005)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

INJURY AND POISON PREVENTION

Concealed Weapon Laws May Not Reduce Violent Death Rates

Source: Rosengart M, Cummings P, Nathens A, et al. An evaluation of state firearms regulations and homicide and suicide death rates. Injury Prev. 2005;11:77–83.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

To date, attempts to evaluate the association between state laws that regulate ownership or access to handguns and violent death rates have yielded conflicting results. These authors from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the University of Washington, and Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Wash try to clarify this issue by evaluating the association between state firearm legislation and rates of homicide and suicide, using a cross-sectional time series study of firearm mortality from 1979 through 1998 in all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Specifically, they studied 5 types of firearms laws: (1) laws that eliminate most restrictions and allow individuals to carry concealed handguns unless that person is prevented from doing so by another state statute; (2) laws restricting the minimum age of gun purchase to those 21 years of age and older; (3) laws restricting the minimum age of private handgun possession to those 21 . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Gwen C. McIntosh, MD, MPH, FAAP1 and Murray L. Katcher, MD, PhD, FAAP2
1 Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
2 Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Medical School, and Wisconsin Division of Public Health, Madison, WI

 





HOME HELP CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTIONS CME ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2005 by the American Academy of Pediatrics.