Keeping guns out of the hands of abusers: handgun purchases and restraining orders.

• Autores: Katherine A Vittes, Susan B. Sorenson
• Localización: American journal of public health, ISSN 0090-0036, Vol. 98, Nº. 5, 2008, págs. 828-831
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • 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.;