Mortality among Recent Purchasers of Handguns

Background There continues to be considerable controversy over whether ownership of a handgun increases or decreases the risk of violent death. Methods We conducted a population-based cohort study to compare mortality among 238,292 persons who purchased a handgun in...

Firearms and adolescent suicide. A community case-control study

Objective To assess the association between firearms in the home and adolescent suicide. Research Design Matched, case-control. Setting Population-based community sample. Subjects Sixty-seven adolescent suicide victims and a demographically matched group of 67 living...