The study abstract, «Hospitalizations for Firearm Injuries in Children and Adolescents in the US: Rural Versus Urban,» will be presented Monday, Sept. 18, at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition in Chicago. (sciencedaily.com)
«We were on opposite sides of the heated battle 16 years ago, but we are in strong agreement now that scientific research should be conducted into preventing firearm injuries and that ways to prevent firearm deaths can be found without encroaching on the rights of legitimate gun owners,» they wrote. (businessinsider.com)
There's limited evidence that laws that guarantee a right to carry increase unintentional firearm injuries among adults and increase violent crime. (sciencenews.org)