Protection or peril? An analysis of firearm-related deaths in the home.
Protection or peril? An analysis of firearm-related deaths in the home.
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保护还是危险？
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发表时间：
1986
影响因子：
158.5
通讯作者：
D. Reay
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作者：
A. Kellermann;D. Reay
为了研究家中持有枪支的死亡流行病学，我们回顾了1978年至1983年发生在华盛顿州金县（人口1,270,000）的所有枪击死亡病例。法医的案件档案由警方记录或与调查官员的面谈补充，或两者兼而有之，以获得有关情况、事件现场、所涉枪支类型以及嫌疑人与受害者关系的具体信息。在这六年期间，共发生743起与枪支有关的死亡事件，其中398起（54%）发生在存放枪支的住所。在这398起死亡事件中，只有2起（0.5%）是在试图进入时被入侵者开枪打死的。7人（1.8%）因自卫被杀。每发生一起涉及家中枪支的自卫杀人案件，就有1.3起意外死亡、4.6起刑事杀人和37起涉及枪支的自杀。其中70.5%的死亡是用手枪造成的。在家里保存枪支以作保护的明智性必须受到质疑。
To study the epidemiology of deaths involving firearms kept in the home, we reviewed all the gunshot deaths that occurred in King County, Washington (population 1,270,000), from 1978 through 1983. The medical examiner's case files were supplemented by police records or interviews with investigating officers or both, to obtain specific information about the circumstances, the scene of the incident, the type of firearm involved, and the relationship of the suspect to the victim. A total of 743 firearm-related deaths occurred during this six-year period, 398 of which (54 percent) occurred in the residence where the firearm was kept. Only 2 of these 398 deaths (0.5 percent) involved an intruder shot during attempted entry. Seven persons (1.8 percent) were killed in self-defense. For every case of self-protection homicide involving a firearm kept in the home, there were 1.3 accidental deaths, 4.6 criminal homicides, and 37 suicides involving firearms. Hand-guns were used in 70.5 percent of these deaths. The advisability of keeping firearms in the home for protection must be questioned.