Tag: Guns

Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US

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Author: Faust, Jeremy Samuel; Chen, Ji; Bhat, Shriya; Otugo, Onyekachi; Yaver, Miranda; Renton, Benjamin; Chen, Alexander Junxiang; Lin, Zhenqiu; Krumholz, Harlan M. Description: IMPORTANCE: Firearms are the leading cause of death in US children and adolescents, but little is known about whether the overall legal landscape was associated with excess mortality after a landmark US Supreme Court decision in 2010. OBJECTIVE: To measure excess mortality due to firearms among US children aged 0 to 17 years after the McDonald v Chicago US Supreme Court decision (2010). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS:…

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Mental Illness and Gun Violence: Disrupting the Narrative

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Author: McGinty, Emma E. Description: Mental illness receives prominent attention in the U.S. dialogue on gun violence, despite evidence showing that most people with mental illness are never violent and most gun violence is not caused by mental illness (“violence” refers here and throughout to interpersonal violence, not suicide). Messages linking mental illness with violence increase social stigma, which contributes to low treatment rates and other negative outcomes among people with mental illness. Nonetheless, mental illness continues to be a central topic in gun violence debates such as the one…

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