The epidemiology of firearm violence in the twenty-first century United States

GJ Wintemute - Annual review of public health, 2015 - annualreviews.org
This brief review summarizes the basic epidemiology of firearm violence, a large and costly
public health problem in the United States for which the mortality rate has remained …

Yes, you can: physicians, patients, and firearms

GJ Wintemute, ME Betz, ML Ranney - Annals of Internal Medicine, 2016 - acpjournals.org
Physicians have unique opportunities to help prevent firearm violence. Concern has
developed that federal and state laws or regulations prohibit physicians from asking or …

Extreme risk protection orders intended to prevent mass shootings: a case series

GJ Wintemute, VA Pear, JP Schleimer… - Annals of internal …, 2019 - acpjournals.org
Urgent, individualized interventions to reduce firearm access, such as extreme risk
protection orders (ERPOs, colloquially known as “red flag” orders), provide a rapid, focused …

[HTML][HTML] Mortality among recent purchasers of handguns

GJ Wintemute, CA Parham, JJ Beaumont… - … England Journal of …, 1999 - Mass Medical Soc
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Firearm purchasing and firearm violence during the coronavirus pandemic in the United States: a cross-sectional study

JP Schleimer, CD McCort, AB Shev, VA Pear… - Injury …, 2021 - Springer
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Handgun ownership and suicide in California

DM Studdert, Y Zhang, SA Swanson… - New England journal …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Research has consistently identified firearm availability as a risk factor for
suicide. However, existing studies are relatively small in scale, estimates vary widely, and no …

Subsequent criminal activity among violent misdemeanants who seek to purchase handguns: risk factors and effectiveness of denying handgun purchase

GJ Wintemute, MA Wright, CM Drake, JJ Beaumont - JAMA, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSome states prohibit the purchase of handguns by persons convicted of selected
misdemeanor crimes, but most do not. California has denied handgun purchases by violent …

Neighborhood racial and economic segregation and disparities in violence during the COVID-19 pandemic

JP Schleimer, SA Buggs, CD McCort… - … journal of public …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To describe associations between neighborhood racial and economic
segregation and violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. For 13 US cities, we …

Association between firearm laws and homicide in urban counties

CK Crifasi, M Merrill-Francis, A McCourt… - Journal of urban …, 2018 - Springer
Laws related to the sale, use, and carrying of firearms have been associated with differences
in firearm homicide rates at the state level. Right-to-carry (RTC) and stand your ground …

Physician counseling on firearm safety: a new kind of cultural competence

ME Betz, GJ Wintemute - Jama, 2015 - jamanetwork.com
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 33 636 deaths and 84 258
nonfatal injuries from firearms occurred in the United States in 2013. 1 Physician counseling …