%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of spikes in handgun acquisitions on firearm-related harms
%J Injury epidemiology
%D 2019
%A Laqueur, Hannah S.
%A Kagawa, Rose M. C.
%A McCort, Christopher D.
%A Pallin, Rocco
%A Wintemute, Garen J.
%V 6
%N 1
%P e35-e35
%X Research has documented sharp and short-lived increases in firearm acquisitions immediately following high-profile mass shootings and specific elections, increasing exposure to firearms at the community level. We exploit cross-city variation in the estimated number of excess handgun acquisitions in California following the 2012 presidential election and the Sandy Hook school shooting 5 weeks later to assess whether the additional handguns were associated with increases in the rate of firearm-related harms at the city level.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC
%@ 2197-1714
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40621-019-0212-0