Gun Laws and Gun Deaths: An Empirical Analysis and Theological Assessment by Conor M. Kelly

“…The article draws on empirical data about the correlations between firearm availability and firearm mortality rates both internationally and within the United States to lay the foundation for a more nuanced evaluation of gun control laws, consistent with the expectation that Catholics will engage political life thoughtfully and with prudential judgment.…”
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The Legal Issues of Firearms Trafficking in the United States of America by A. V. Ravnyushkin

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Zero Tolerance Policy Analysis: A Look at 30 Years of School-Based ZT Policies in Practice in the United States of America by Natasha N. Johnson, Thaddeus L. Johnson

“…AbstractUsing the state of Georgia as a backdrop, this paper highlights the current state of the GFSA (Gun-Free Schools Act) in the United States of America, initially enacted in 1994, 30 years later. …”
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Ethno-nationalism and Right-Wing Extremist Violence in the United States, 2000 through 2018 by Susan Olzak

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Natural Law’s Return: Uncovering the Roots of Intractability on Guns as Prelude to New Growth by John E. Carter

“…This essay offers an overview of the recent legal history and politics which have contributed to current intractability on gun issues in the United States. Highlighted in this account is scholarship discussing the relationship between the natural law and common law in U.S. legal history, and the essay overall functions as a primer on the jurisprudence of guns addressed to those moral theologians interested in engaging the legal tradition pertaining to guns on a natural-law basis. …”
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The "GOOD GUY WITH A GUN” CONCEPT IN THE AMERICAN GUN CULTURE AND GUN CONTROL POLICY by Karol Mazur

“… The United States has one of the most controversial gun laws in the modern world. …”
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Association of state-level factors with rate of firearm-related deaths by Emily A. Grimsley, MD, Meagan D. Read, MD, Michelle Y. McGee, MD, Johnathan V. Torikashvili, BS, Noah T. Richmond, BS, Haroon M. Janjua, MS, Paul C. Kuo, MD, MS, MBA

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Guns for hire: North America’s intra-continental gun trafficking networks by Ch. Leuprecht, A. Aulthouse

“…Objective: to summarize and study the North America’s intra-continental gun trafficking networks.Methods: the work applies social network analysis (SNA) to understand structures, identify brokers and discover patterns in the way guns are being procured, transported across the border, and further distributed.Results: Since Canada adjoins the largest weapons market in the world, it is unsurprising that guns used to commit criminal acts in Canada largely originate in the United States. …”
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The origins of California’s gun violence restraining order law: a case study using Kingdon’s multiple streams framework by Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Veronica A. Pear, Julia P. Schleimer, Garen J. Wintemute

“…Abstract Background Firearm violence is a major public health problem in the United States, yet most states lack a mechanism to temporarily remove firearms from individuals who are at high and imminent risk of harming themselves or others and are not otherwise prohibited. …”
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Evolution of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and its Effects on Criminal Law by Gholam Hussein Elham, Rasul Abed

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Marginal Structural Models to Estimate Causal Effects of Right-to-Carry Laws on Crime by Willem M. Van Der Wal

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‘Firearming’ Fairytales: NRA and Gun Culture in American Fan-Fiction by Bhakti Satrio Nugroho

“…Gun issue becomes one of the most polemic issues in the United States alongside racism. …”
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Global back—Stepping adaptive sliding mode control of naval gun servo system with backlash by Shang Jiang, Dongyan Sun, Yan Liu, Yue Yang, Xiaolong Wu, Yuxin Wang

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Social determinants of health in relation to firearm-related homicides in the United States: A nationwide multilevel cross-sectional study. by Daniel Kim

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>This study used negative binomial regression models and geolocated gun homicide incident data from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2015, to explore and compare the independent associations of key state-, county-, and neighborhood-level social determinants of health-social mobility, social capital, income inequality, racial and economic segregation, and social spending-with neighborhood firearm-related homicides and mass shootings in the United States, accounting for relevant state firearm laws and a variety of state, county, and neighborhood (census tract [CT]) characteristics. …”
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Hot Spots of Gun Violence in the Era of Focused Deterrence: A Space-Time Analysis of Shootings in South Philadelphia by Jamie Anne Boschan, Caterina G. Roman

“…Gun and street group violence remains a serious problem in cities across the United States and the focused deterrence strategy has been a widely applied law enforcement intervention to reduce it. …”
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Physicians' perspectives on Extreme Risk Protection Orders (ERPOs) in the clinical setting: Challenges and opportunities for gun violence prevention. by Ashley Hollo, Amy VanderStoep, Shannon Frattaroli

“…<h4>Background</h4>Firearm-related injuries remain a heavy public health and clinical burden in the United States. Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) laws, which create a path through a civil court process to temporarily remove firearms from individuals deemed to be at risk of harming themselves or others and are one strategy designed to reduce firearm violence. …”
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Purchaser, firearm, and retailer characteristics associated with crime gun recovery: a longitudinal analysis of firearms sold in California from 1996 to 2021 by Sonia L. Robinson, Christopher D. McCort, Colette Smirniotis, Garen J. Wintemute, Hannah S. Laqueur

“…The last state-wide studies analyzing crime gun recoveries used data from over 20 years ago; thus, an update is needed. …”
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Shifting Lines of Force: Campus Carry and Power at The University of Texas at Austin by Albion M. Butters

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Policies Affecting Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorder by Colburn Yu

“…Moreover, she may be hesitant to visit an obstetrician for an abortion, as some states require physicians by law to report their patients' substance use during pregnancy. …”
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Ensuring the Reliability of Fire-Arm Identification Evidence by Lirieka Meintjes, Tanyarara Mutsavi

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