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American Journal of Public Health, 10.2105/AJPH.2007.124115

Research and Practice

Keeping Guns Out of the Hands of Abusers: Handgun Purchases and Restraining Orders

Katherine A. Vittes 1* Susan B. Sorenson 1

1 University of Pennsylvania

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: kvittes{at}jhsph.edu.


  Abstract

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.

Key Words: Injury/Emergency Care/Violence, Statistics/Evaluation/Research




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