85 relations: Abitibi-Témiscamingue, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, Assault rifle, Assault weapons legislation in the United States, Australia, Austria, Bogotá, Box–Jenkins method, Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Brazil, Brunei, Cali, Cambodia, Canada, Carbine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Child access prevention law, Colombia, Concealed carry, Concealed carry in the United States, Connecticut, Cross-sectional study, Daniel Webster (academic), David Hemenway, Dependent and independent variables, Dickey Amendment, Domestic violence, Estimated number of guns per capita by country, Everytown for Gun Safety, Federal Assault Weapons Ban, Federalism, Firearm, Firearm legislation in South Africa, Firearms Act, 1995, Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, Firearms license, Garen Wintemute, Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Gun politics in the United States, Gun safety, Gun show loophole, Gun violence, Israel Defense Forces, JAMA (journal), Light machine gun, List of countries by firearm-related death rate, List of most-produced firearms, Michael Huemer, Misdemeanor, National Firearms Agreement, ..., National Rifle Association, New Zealand, Norway, Ontario, Organisation of African Unity, Overview of gun laws by nation, Panel data, Pistol, Public opinion on gun control in the United States, Quebec, Queensland, Restraining order, Revolver, Rifle, Right to keep and bear arms, Seattle, Shotgun, Simon Chapman (academic), Small arms, Small Arms Survey, South Africa, Structural break, Submachine gun, Swiss Armed Forces, Taiwan, The Economic Journal, The Lancet, United Nations Economic and Social Council, United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, Universal background check, Vancouver, Victoria (Australia), Virginia Law Review, Washington, D.C., Yemen. Expand index (35 more) »
Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Abitibi-Témiscamingue is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario.
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American Journal of Preventive Medicine
The American Journal of Preventive Medicine is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research in preventive medicine and public health.
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Assault rifle
An assault rifle is a selective-fire rifle that uses an intermediate cartridge and a detachable magazine.
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Assault weapons legislation in the United States
Assault weapons legislation in the United States refers to bills and laws (active, expired, proposed or failed) that define and restrict or make illegal the manufacture, transfer, and possession of assault weapons.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Austria
Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.
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Bogotá
Bogotá, officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santafé de Bogotá between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, administered as the Capital District, although often thought of as part of Cundinamarca.
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Box–Jenkins method
In time series analysis, the Box–Jenkins method, named after the statisticians George Box and Gwilym Jenkins, applies autoregressive moving average (ARMA) or autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) models to find the best fit of a time-series model to past values of a time series.
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Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, often referred to as the Brady Act or the Brady Bill, is an Act of the United States Congress that mandated federal background checks on firearm purchasers in the United States, and imposed a five-day waiting period on purchases, until the NICS system was implemented in 1998.
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Brazil
Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.
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Brunei
Brunei, officially the Nation of Brunei, the Abode of Peace (Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawi), is a sovereign state located on the north coast of the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia.
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Cali
Santiago de Cali, usually known by its short name "Cali", is the capital of the Valle del Cauca department, and the most populous city in southwest Colombia, with an estimated 2,319,655 residents according to 2005-2020/DANE population projections.
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Cambodia
Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Canada
Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.
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Carbine
A carbine, from French carabine, is a long gun firearm but with a shorter barrel than a rifle or musket.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading national public health institute of the United States.
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Child access prevention law
A child access prevention law (often abbreviated CAP law; also sometimes called a safe storage law) makes it illegal for an adult to keep a gun in a place and manner so that a child can easily access and fire it.
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Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a sovereign state largely situated in the northwest of South America, with territories in Central America.
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Concealed carry
Concealed carry (carrying a concealed weapon (CCW)), refers to the practice of carrying a handgun or other weapon in public in a concealed or hidden manner, either on one's person or in close proximity.
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Concealed carry in the United States
Concealed carry or carrying a concealed weapon (CCW), is the practice of carrying a weapon (such as a handgun) in public in a concealed manner, either on one's person or in close proximity.
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Connecticut
Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the northeastern United States.
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Cross-sectional study
In medical research and social science, a cross-sectional study (also known as a cross-sectional analysis, transverse study, prevalence study) is a type of observational study that analyzes data from a population, or a representative subset, at a specific point in time—that is, cross-sectional data.
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Daniel Webster (academic)
Daniel W. Webster (born 1960) is an American health policy researcher and the director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research at Johns Hopkins University.
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David Hemenway
David Hemenway (born 1945) is Professor of Health Policy at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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Dependent and independent variables
In mathematical modeling, statistical modeling and experimental sciences, the values of dependent variables depend on the values of independent variables.
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Dickey Amendment
In United States politics, the Dickey Amendment is a provision first inserted as a rider into the 1996 federal government omnibus spending bill which mandated that "none of the funds made available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may be used to advocate or promote gun control." In the same spending bill, Congress earmarked $2.6 million from the CDC's budget, the exact amount that had previously been allocated to the agency for firearms research the previous year, for traumatic brain injury-related research.
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Domestic violence
Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.
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Estimated number of guns per capita by country
This is a list of countries by estimated guns per capita (number of privately owned small firearms divided by number of residents).
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Everytown for Gun Safety
Everytown for Gun Safety is an American nonprofit organization which advocates for gun control and against gun violence.
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Federal Assault Weapons Ban
The Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB), officially the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, is a subsection of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a United States federal law, which included a prohibition on the manufacture for civilian use of certain semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons as well as certain ammunition magazines that were defined as "large capacity." The 10-year ban was passed by the US Congress on September 13, 1994, following a close 52–48 vote in the US Senate, and was signed into law by US President Bill Clinton on the same day.
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Federalism
Federalism is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or 'federal' government) with regional governments (provincial, state, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system.
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Firearm
A firearm is a portable gun (a barreled ranged weapon) that inflicts damage on targets by launching one or more projectiles driven by rapidly expanding high-pressure gas produced by exothermic combustion (deflagration) of propellant within an ammunition cartridge.
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Firearm legislation in South Africa
In South Africa, the Firearms Control Act 60 of 2000 regulates the ownership of firearms by civilians.
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Firearms Act, 1995
The Firearms Act, 1995, is the law in Canada that regulates firearms possession, means of transportation, and offenses.
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Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975
The Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975 was passed by the District of Columbia city council on September 24, 1976.
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Firearms license
A firearms license (also known as a gun license; or licence in British English) is a license or permit issued by a government authority (typically by the police) of a jurisdiction, that allows the licensee to buy, own, possess, or carry a firearm, often subject to a number of conditions or restrictions, especially with regard to storage requirements or the completion of a firearms safety course, as well as background checks, etc.
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Garen Wintemute
Garen J. Wintemute is an emergency medicine physician at UC Davis Medical Center, where he is the director of the Violence Prevention Research Program.
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Gun control after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
After the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, multiple gun laws were proposed in the United States at the federal and state levels.
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Gun politics in the United States
Gun politics is an area of American politics defined by two opposing groups advocating for tighter gun control on the one hand and gun rights on the other.
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Gun safety
Gun safety rules and practice recommendations are intended to avoid accidental discharge or negligent discharge, or the consequences of firearm malfunctions.
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Gun show loophole
Private sale exemption, or gun show loophole, in the United States is the sale of firearms by private sellers, including those done at gun shows, that are exempt from federal background check requirements.
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Gun violence
Gun-related violence is violence committed with the use of a gun (firearm or small arm).
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Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit. "The Army of Defense for Israel"; جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal, are the military forces of the State of Israel.
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JAMA (journal)
JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is a peer-reviewed medical journal published 48 times a year by the American Medical Association.
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Light machine gun
A light machine gun (LMG) is a machine gun designed to be employed by an individual soldier, with or without an assistant, as an infantry support weapon.
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List of countries by firearm-related death rate
This is a historical list of countries by firearm-related death rate per 100,000 population in one year.
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List of most-produced firearms
This page lists more than 100 small arms designs which have been produced in numbers exceeding one million since the late 18th century.
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Michael Huemer
Michael Huemer (born 27 December 1969) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
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Misdemeanor
A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour in British English) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems.
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National Firearms Agreement
The National Firearms Agreement (NFA), also sometimes called the National Agreement on Firearms, the National Firearms Agreement and Buyback Program, or the Nationwide Agreement on Firearms, was an agreement concerning firearm control made by Australasian Police Ministers' Council (APMC) in 1996, in response to the Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people.
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National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for gun rights.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Norway
Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.
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Ontario
Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada and is located in east-central Canada.
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Organisation of African Unity
The Organisation of African Unity (OAU; Organisation de l'unité africaine (OUA)) was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with 32 signatory governments.
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Overview of gun laws by nation
Gun laws and policies (collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control) regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification and use of small arms by civilians.
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Panel data
In statistics and econometrics, panel data or longitudinal data are multi-dimensional data involving measurements over time.
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Pistol
A pistol is a type of handgun.
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Public opinion on gun control in the United States
Public opinion on gun control in the United States has been tracked by numerous public opinion organizations and newspapers for more than 20 years.
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Quebec
Quebec (Québec)According to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in English; the name is.
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Queensland
Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Restraining order
A restraining order or protective order is an order used by a court to protect a person, business, company, establishment, or entity, and the general public, in a situation involving alleged domestic violence, harassment, stalking, or sexual assault.
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Revolver
A revolver (also called a wheel gun) is a repeating handgun that has a revolving cylinder containing multiple chambers and at least one barrel for firing.
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Rifle
A rifle is a portable long-barrelled firearm designed for precision shooting, to be held with both hands and braced against the shoulder for stability during firing, and with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the bore walls.
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Right to keep and bear arms
The right to keep and bear arms (often referred to as the right to bear arms) is the people's right to possess weapons (arms) for their own defense, as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.
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Shotgun
A shotgun (also known as a scattergun, or historically as a fowling piece) is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug.
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Simon Chapman (academic)
Simon Fenton Chapman, AO (born 14 December 1951) is an Australian academic and tobacco control activist.
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Small arms
Small arms include handguns (revolvers and pistols) and long guns, such as rifles, carbines, shotguns, submachine guns, assault rifles, personal defense weapons, and light machine guns.
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Small Arms Survey
The Small Arms Survey is an independent research project located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Structural break
In econometrics, a structural break, or structural change, is an unexpected shift in a time series that can lead to huge forecasting errors and unreliability of the model in general.
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Submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed, automatic carbine designed to fire pistol cartridges.
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Swiss Armed Forces
The Swiss Armed Forces (German: Schweizer Armee, French: Armée suisse, Italian: Esercito svizzero, Romanisch: Armada svizra) operates on land, in the air, and in international waters.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.
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The Economic Journal
The Economic Journal (EJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published on behalf of the Royal Economic Society (RES) by Wiley-Blackwell.
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The Lancet
The Lancet is a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal.
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United Nations Economic and Social Council
The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC; Conseil économique et social des Nations unies, CESNU) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic, social, and related work of 15 UN specialized agencies, their functional commissions and five regional commissions.
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United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
The United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) is one of the five United Nations Research and Training Institutes.
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Universal background check
Proposals for universal background checks would require almost all firearms transactions in the United States to be recorded and go through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), closing what is sometimes called the private sale loophole.
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Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.
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Virginia Law Review
The Virginia Law Review is a law review edited and published by students at University of Virginia School of Law.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially known as the Republic of Yemen (al-Jumhūriyyah al-Yamaniyyah), is an Arab sovereign state in Western Asia at the southern end of the Arabian Peninsula.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control