Missing the target: a comparison of buyback and fatality related guns

Objectives: To determine whether the firearms recovered in buyback programs in a large urban community are the types most closely associated with firearm fatalities in the same geographic area. Methods: The type, caliber, and manufacturer of 941 handguns recovered in Milwaukee County 1994–96 buyback...

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Published in:Injury prevention 2002-06, Vol.8 (2), p.143-146
Main Authors: Kuhn, E M, Nie, C L, O'Brien, M E, Withers, R L, Wintemute, G J, Hargarten, S W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accident Prevention
and Firearms
ATF
Bureau of Alcohol
Case studies
Chi-Square Distribution
firearm homicide/suicide
Firearm Injury Reporting System
Firearms
Firearms - statistics & numerical data
FIRS
gun buyback programs
Gun control
Homicide
Homicide - statistics & numerical data
Households
Humans
Laws, regulations and rules
Murders & murder attempts
Original
Pistols
Suicide
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Tobacco
Urban areas
Urban Population
violence
Wisconsin
Wounds, Gunshot - mortality
Wounds, Gunshot - prevention & control
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Summary:Objectives: To determine whether the firearms recovered in buyback programs in a large urban community are the types most closely associated with firearm fatalities in the same geographic area. Methods: The type, caliber, and manufacturer of 941 handguns recovered in Milwaukee County 1994–96 buyback programs were compared with 369 homicide related and 125 suicide related handguns used in Milwaukee during 1994–97. Results: Buyback handguns differed substantially from those used in homicide and suicide. One third of buyback handguns were semiautomatic pistols versus two thirds of homicide related handguns (p
ISSN:1353-8047
1475-5785
DOI:10.1136/ip.8.2.143