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07.06.15
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Guns Don’t Deter Crime, Study Finds (2015)

TITLE: Guns Don’t Deter Crime, Study Finds (2015)
by Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor
DATE: 06 July 2015 Time: 09:42 AM ET
NEWS RELEASE URL: http://m.livescience.com/51446-guns-do-not-deter-crime.html?cmpid=514627_20150706_48708896&adbid=10152857235916761&adbpl=fb&adbpr=30478646760
JOURNAL URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26091930
AUTHORS: Monuteaux MC, Lee LK, Hemenway D, Mannix R, Fleegler EW.FINDINGS: Higher ownership of guns in a state is linked to more firearm robberies, more firearm assaults and more homicide in general. Thus, More guns = more gun crime. This throws cold water on the idea that a well-armed populace deters criminals or prevents murders.

04.16.14
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Relationship between the prevalence of guns & homicide rates in the US (2014)

TITLE: Examining the relationship between the prevalence of guns and homicide rates in the USA using a new and improved state-level gun ownership proxy
JOURNAL URL: http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/20/6/424.abstract?sid=30a4f9cc-d92f-4a89-812d-087d1404c7b3
AUTHORS: Michael Siegel, Craig S Ross, Charles King

ABSTRACT: Determining the relationship between gun ownership levels and firearm homicide rates is critical to inform public health policy. Previous research has shown that state-level gun ownership, as measured by a widely used proxy, is positively associated with firearm homicide rates. A newly developed proxy measure that incorporates the hunting license rate in addition to the proportion of firearm suicides correlates more highly with state-level gun ownership. To corroborate previous research, we used this new proxy to estimate the association of state-level gun ownership with total, firearm, and non-firearm homicides. Using state-specific data for the years 1981–2010, we modelled these rates as a function of gun ownership level, controlling for potential confounding factors. We used a negative binomial regression model and accounted for clustering of observations among states. We found that state-level gun ownership as measured by the new proxy, is significantly associated with firearm and total homicides but not with non-firearm homicides.

04.11.13
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States With More Guns Have More Homicides (2013)

TITLE:  States With More Guns Have More Homicides (2013)
NEWS URL (Live Science): http://www.livescience.com/39754-states-with-more-guns-have-more-homicides.html
SOURCE: American Journal of Public Health, November 2013, Vol. 103, No. 11, pp. 2098-2105. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
JOURNAL URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2105/AJPH.2013.301409
AUTHORS: Michael Siegel, Craig S. Ross, and Charles King III.

FINDINGS: Gun ownership was a significant predictor of firearm homicide rates. States with higher rates of firearms in the home have disproportionately big numbers of gun-related homicides.