@article{ref1,
title="Keeping guns out of the hands of abusers: handgun purchases and restraining orders",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2008",
author="Vittes, Katherine A. and Sorenson, Susan B.",
volume="98",
number="5",
pages="828-831",
abstract="Persons under certain domestic violence restraining orders are prohibited by federal law from purchasing and possessing a firearm. We used administrative data from California to link 794426 restraining orders with 1388724 handgun purchase applications. We found that restrained persons were not a less law-abiding group in general, but they appeared to be repeatedly or serially abusive to intimate partners, and their handgun purchase rates were highest after their restraining orders expired.</p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2007.124115",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2007.124115"
}