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Private-Party Gun Sales, Regulation, and Public Safety

Year: 2010

Type: article

Abstract: In 2007, a total of 12,632 people in the United States were murdered with firearms, and it is estimated that another 48,676 were treated in hospitals for gunshot wounds received in assaults. Guns are frequently used to commit crimes in the United States, partly because they are so easy to get. This ease of access, in turn, is partially attributable to the fact that there are two systems of retail gun commerce in this country, one involving licensed gun retailers and the other based on private-party gun sellers, and only the former of these systems is regulated. Some 85% of . . .

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmp1006326

Authors: Garen J. Wintemute, Anthony A. Braga, David M. Kennedy

Institutions: University of California Davis Medical Center, University of California, Davis, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Harvard University, City University of New York, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Language: English

Topic: Gun Ownership and Violence Research

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1976436253

FWCI: 1.299

Cites: 3

Cited by: 27

Related to: 10