Status of legal firearm possession and violent deaths: methods and protocol for a retrospective case-control study.
Jennifer L Hernandez-MeierBrenna AkertCheng ZhengClare E GusePeter M LaydeStephen HargartenPublished in: Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention (2019)
Linked data sets and partnerships are challenging, but necessary for comprehensive public health research. Results of this study will contribute knowledge on the proportion of prohibited suspects and suicide decedents that used firearms in violent deaths and, if applying expanded criteria would have increased prohibited persons. This study will also investigate risk and protective factors for being a victim of homicide.