Posts Tagged ‘guns’
Android phone pinpoints sniper’s location
VANDERBILT (US) — A new system can turn an ordinary Android smartphone into a shooter location device. Continue…
Friday, April 26, 2013 11:06 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Apr 22, 2013 11:22 - 1 Comment
Doctors make the call about gun permits
UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — New protocols and policies are needed to help physicians assess a patient’s physical or mental competency to carry a concealed weapon, say experts. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 27, 2013 11:56 - 4 Comments
Violent games strongly linked to youth crime
IOWA STATE (US) — A new study suggests there’s a strong connection between violent video games and aggressive behavior in kids. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 13, 2013 13:48 - 0 Comments
Use retailers to curb illegal gun sales
UC DAVIS (US) — Retailers take a dim view of their colleagues who buy or sell guns illegally—regardless of whether they are actively breaking the law or simply looking the other way. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 28, 2013 16:08 - 11 Comments
Survey: Most Americans support stiffer gun laws
JOHNS HOPKINS (US) — Most Americans, including a majority of gun owners and National Rifle Association members, support at least some proposed policy changes aimed at reducing gun violence, a new survey finds. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 11, 2012 13:58 - 4 Comments
Gun sellers: Criminals buy arms too easily
UC DAVIS (US) — A new survey reveals that 54.9 percent of US firearms dealers and pawnbrokers believe it’s too easy for criminals to get guns in America. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 26, 2011 11:29 - 7 Comments
Traffickers exploit state laws to move guns
BROWN (US) — Gun traffickers take advantage of the differences in firearm laws by moving illegal guns from states with weak laws into states with stricter ones, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Aug 17, 2011 9:31 - 12 Comments
Stray bullets often injure women
UC DAVIS (US) — The first nationwide study of stray-bullet shootings shows more than 80 percent of the victims were unaware of the events leading to the gunfire and more than 40 percent were women. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 17, 2011 9:56 - 15 Comments
Guns, binge drinking go hand-in-hand
UC DAVIS (US) — Gun owners who carry concealed weapons or have confronted someone with a gun are more than twice as likely to drink heavily as people who don’t own guns. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 27, 2010 11:33 - 9 Comments
Crimes escalate for convicted gun owners
UC DAVIS (US)—Identifying individuals who legally purchased guns and still own them after being convicted of a crime that prohibits gun ownership could be a valuable violence prevention measure. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 14, 2009 15:51 - 27 Comments
Spotting gun dealers gone bad
UC DAVIS (US)—Licensed handgun retailers who sell crime guns more frequently than expected have distinguishing characteristics that can be identified using existing records collected at the federal level. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 8, 2009 14:08 - 2 Comments
Gun dealer oversight cuts trafficking to criminals
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—U.S. states with strong regulations and oversight of gun dealers have far less gun trafficking than states that lack those oversights, according to a study led by researchers at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. (more…)
