Parents who teach their kids gun safety are also more likely to leave loaded guns out. Of the gun-owning parents, 47% said they taught their children firearm handling, nearly 37% had their children practice firearm handling under their supervision and over 37% taught their children how to shoot guns
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Jamanetwork
Parental Engagement With Children Around Firearms and Unsecure Storage
This cross-sectional study analyzed the association between parents’ engagement with their children regarding responsible and safe firearm use and the security of firearm storage in their homes.
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New research reveals an alarming fact about copycat mass shooters. Research found nearly 80% of copycat attacks occurred more than a year after the original incident, with an average delay of approximately eight years
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PsyPost
New research reveals an alarming fact about copycat mass shooters
Copycat mass shooters often share demographics and behaviors with their role models, often striking years later. These findings highlight the long-term influence of high-profile shooters.
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Less than 1% of people with firearm access engage in defensive use in any given year. Those with access to firearms rarely use their weapon to defend themselves, and instead are far more likely to be exposed to gun violence in other ways, according to new study.
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Rutgers
Defensive Firearm Use Is Far Less Common Than Exposure to Gun Violence
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A new US study finds that even when parents lock up their guns 🔒🔫, teens often still feel they can access them.
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Jamanetwork
Parental Firearm Storage and Teens' Perceived Firearm Access in US Households
This cross-sectional study examines the associations between parent-reported household firearm storage behaviors and teen perceived access to firearms using national survey data.
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Firearm-Related Suicides Increasing Among Senior Women in the U.S. 🔫💔 Firearms are the leading method of suicide among seniors 65 and older, especially men, researchers say. In fact, senior men are 13 times more likely to kill themselves with a gun than senior women.
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US News & World Report
Firearm-Related Suicides Increasing Among Senior Women
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Senior women are becoming more likely to use a gun to end their lives, a new study says.
Study finds strong link between intimate partner violence and firearm ownership 🔗💔🔫
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SpringerLink
Intimate partner violence and firearm purchasing: cross-sectional analysis of statewide survey data from California and Louisiana…
BMC Public Health - To assess associations between recent intimate partner violence (IPV) (victimization and perpetration) on firearm ownership and recent firearm purchase. Analysis of statewide...
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A study of firearm access and storage practices in Colorado found no association between depressive symptoms and likelihood of gun ownership or unsafe gun storage, challenging the assumption that the known association between suicide and home firearm ownership is driven by poor mental health. 🔫🧠💔
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