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Citation |
Am. J. Epidemiol. 2018; 187(11): 2491. |
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(Copyright © 2018, Oxford University Press) |
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30383262 |
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Abstract |
After publication of our article “Analysis of the Strength of Legal Firearms Restrictions for Perpetrators of Domestic Violence and Their Associations With Intimate Partner Homicide”, we learned that there were errors in the implementation dates of some of the laws we studied. We re-ran our statistical models with the corrected law data, and there were differences from our original publication in the estimates for a number of the laws that did not change either the direction of the incident rate ratio or the statistical inference. We also found 2 changes in estimates that strengthened the support for our hypothesis that firearm restrictions that include a broader set of domestic violence offenders are associated with larger reductions in intimate partner homicide. Specifically, the confidence interval for the association of domestic violence restraining order restrictions that do not cover ex parte orders with firearm intimate partner homicide rates changed to indicate no clear association (incident rate ratio (IRR) = 0.95, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.84, 1.07), and the confidence interval for the association of the inclusion of a relinquishment law in the domestic violence restraining order firearm restriction with intimate partner homicide changed to indicate an association (IRR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.81, 0.97). We also found that the federal misdemeanor domestic violence firearm prohibition was associated with reduced rates of total intimate partner homicide (IRR = 0.92, 95% CI: 0.86, 0.98) and firearm intimate partner homicide (IRR = 0.88, 95% CI: 0.81, 0.96). Additionally, the confidence intervals for the revised incident rate ratio estimates eliminated the support for our hypothesis that laws requiring permits to purchase handguns reduce intimate partner homicides (95% CI: 0.85, 1.28). Language: en |