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Complementary Strategies to Prevent Firearm Injury
Thomas B. Cole, MD,MPH
JAMA. 2001;285:1071-1072.
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Recent research on the topic of firearm injury prevention1-3 has evaluated the effect of policies intended to limit access to firearms by individuals who are at increased risk of assaulting someone else. One assumption underlying this approach is that the severity of assault injuries may be decreased if available weapons are less lethal. Another assumption is that preventive strategies targeting persons at high risk may be feasible and effective.4
The study by Wintemute and colleagues5 in this issue of THE JOURNAL evaluated the effect of a targeted intervention that was designed to prevent the purchase of handguns by individuals who were determined by screening4 to be at increased risk for assaulting someone else with a firearm. Specifically, the study evaluated the effect of a California law that prohibits handgun purchases by individuals who had been convicted of violent misdemeanor offenses. The authors compared the subsequent criminal . . . [Full Text of this Article]
Author Affiliation: Dr Cole is Contributing Editor, JAMA.
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JAMA. 2001;285(8):1019-1026.
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