Citation

Wintemute GJ, Braga AA, Kennedy DM. New Engl. J. Med. 2010; 363(6): 508-511.

Affiliation

Violence Prevention Research Program and the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento (G.J.W.); the School of Criminal Justice at Rutgers University, Newark, NJ (A.A.B.); the Program in Criminal Justice, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (A.A.B.); and the Center for Crime Prevention and Control, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, New York (D.M.K.).This article (10.1056/NEJMp1006326) was published on June 30, 2010, at NEJM.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJMp1006326

PMID

20592291

Abstract

In 2007, a total of 12,632 people in the United States were murdered with firearms, and it is estimated that another 48,676 were treated in hospitals for gunshot wounds received in assaults. Guns are frequently used to commit crimes in the United States, partly because they are so easy to get. This ease of access, in turn, is partially attributable to the fact that there are two systems of retail gun commerce in this country, one involving licensed gun retailers and the other based on private-party gun sellers, and only the former of these systems is regulated.

Language: en