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More seriously, the risk factor, if real, would
seem to be very low. Pretty obviously,
with 35-40% of American homes having at least one
gun, it can't be a very high risk factor,
or there would be a lot fewer homes.
I do not doubt that the presence of guns represents
a risk for some people, in some homes.
All other things being equal, the person with a
history of depression or alcohol abuse is probably
at more risk of suicide with a gun present than the
same person without a gun present.
But I find it hard to believe that the presence of
firearms is a greater risk factor than say,
the presence of alcohol, or the presence of
methamphetamines.
Clayton E. cramer
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Subject: [spam] Re: Guns in Home Increase
Danger to Occupants, Survey Finds
All of mine must be
defective.
>>> dr Zox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/05/04 11:00PM
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Guns in Home Increase Danger to Occupants, Survey
Finds
11/5/2004
http://www.jointogether.org/gv/news/summaries/reader/
0,2061,575116,00.html
Having guns in the home increases
occupants' chances of being killed
or injured by firearms, according
to the Nov. 15 issue of the Journal
of American
Epidemiology.
The Journal analyzed findings from a survey that sought
to identify the
relationships between gun storage practices, types
of gun, and number
of guns in the home and risk to
occupants.
The survey found that persons with guns in the home were
more likely to
die from gun homicides in the home, but that the risk
varied by age and
whether victims lived with someone else at the
time of death.
While the study found that having a gun in the home
increased the risk
of firearms homicide and suicide, the effect that
storage practices and
types and numbers of guns had on risk was
unclear.
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http://aje.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/160/10/929
ORIGINAL
CONTRIBUTIONS
Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home:
Findings from
a National Study
Linda L.
Dahlberg1 , Robin M. Ikeda2 and Marcie-jo Kresnow3
1
Division of Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta, GA.
2 Epidemiology Program Office, Centers for Disease Control
and
Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
3 Office of Statistics and
Programming, National Center for Injury
Prevention and Control,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Atlanta,
GA.
Data from a US mortality follow-back survey were analyzed to
determine
whether having a firearm in the home increases the risk of
a violent
death in the home and whether risk varies by storage
practice, type of
gun, or number of guns in the home. Those persons
with guns in the home
were at greater risk than those without guns
in the home of dying from
a homicide in the home (adjusted odds
ratio = 1.9, 95% confidence
interval: 1.1, 3.4). They were also at
greater risk of dying from a
firearm homicide, but risk varied by
age and whether the person was
living with others at the time of
death. The risk of dying from a
suicide in the home was greater for
males in homes with guns than for
males without guns in the home
(adjusted odds ratio = 10.4, 95%
confidence interval: 5.8, 18.9).
Persons with guns in the home were
also more likely to have died
from suicide committed with a firearm
than from one committed by
using a different method (adjusted odds
ratio = 31.1, 95% confidence
interval: 19.5, 49.6). Results show that
regardless of storage
practice, type of gun, or number of firearms in
the home, having a
gun in the home was associated with an increased
risk of firearm
homicide and firearm suicide in the home.
Key Words: firearms;
homicide; suicide; violence; wounds and injuries
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