Actually, guns do kill people

The Centers for Disease Control has demonstrated that socioeconomic factors are the major determinants of population health. [...]it should be no surprise that the brunt of this epidemic of violence is born by those least able to do so. The authors' data confirm that guns disproportionately inf...

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Published in:The American journal of surgery 2017-04, Vol.213 (4), p.790-790
Main Author: Tepas, J.J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggression
Children
Disease control
Ebola virus
Economic factors
Epidemics
Firearm laws & regulations
Firearms
Guns
Homicide
Humans
Infestation
Mental health
Social factors
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Surgery
Violence
Wounds, Gunshot
Zika virus
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Summary:The Centers for Disease Control has demonstrated that socioeconomic factors are the major determinants of population health. [...]it should be no surprise that the brunt of this epidemic of violence is born by those least able to do so. The authors' data confirm that guns disproportionately infest African American neighborhoods, and that the effect of this infestation is more assault related murders in older children, more unintentional deaths in the young, and more suicides afflicting...
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2016.11.013