Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers: Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders | Zendy

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Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers: Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders

Author(s) -

Katherine A. Vittes,

Susan B. Sorenson

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2007.124115

Subject(s) - purchasing , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , business , criminology , law , federal law , domestic violence , environmental health , medicine , medical emergency , psychology , legislation , political science , marketing

Persons under certain domestic violence restraining orders are prohibited by federal law from purchasing and possessing a firearm. We used administrative data from California to link 794426 restraining orders with 1388724 handgun purchase applications. We found that restrained persons were not a less law-abiding group in general, but they appeared to be repeatedly or serially abusive to intimate partners, and their handgun purchase rates were highest after their restraining orders expired.

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