Mass shootings in Australia and the United States, 1981-2013

Abstract

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Response Variations to Survey Items About Firearms in the 2004 and 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

“…16 The BRFSS does not include the same breadth of personal characteristics as the GSS, and thus omitted variable bias may reduce the accuracy of estimates and their comparability across extant studies. Relatedly, the 13-year gap between inclusion of the firearm items in the BRFSS increases the potential for historical factors to impact estimates in ways that could not be accounted for in the present analyses (eg, increase in mass shootings in the United States 29 ).…”

How the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Notice Changed Firearm Sales

“…Mass shootings have sometimes precipitated changes in firearm policy (Luca, Poliquin and Malhotra 2019), some of which have reduced mass shootings (Donohue and Boulouta 2019;Lemieux, Prenzler and Bricknell 2013). Assault weapons have been restricted or banned in many countries, including the United States (1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004), 5 Australia (1996-present), New Zealand (2019-present), Canada (2020, and most of Europe.…”

“…The Mass Shooting Tracker database recorded 427 mass shootings in America in 2017, 1 resulting in 590 deaths, 4.1% of U.S. firearm homicides. 2 Mass shootings that involve semiautomatic weapons produce more injuries and deaths (de Jager et al 2018) and have sometimes precipitated changes in firearm policy (Luca, Poliquin and Malhotra 2019), some of which have reduced mass shootings (Donohue and Boulouta 2019;Lemieux, Prenzler and Bricknell 2013). 3 Military-style semiautomatic firearms are banned in Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, the U.K. and 7 U.S. states.…”

Correlations of Autopsy and Postmortem CT in Fatal Ballistic Injuries

“…Nevertheless, this tool is increasingly accessible worldwide, whether in regard to cost, speed of acquisition, or the number of devices. In parallel, the number of deaths by shooting increases every year [12]. The possibility of using PMCT in the context of terrorism has also been suggested [13].…”