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1: Am J Public Health. 2008 May;98(5):828-31. Epub 2008 Apr 1. Links

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

Vittes KA, Sorenson SB.

School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania, 3815 Walnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6179, USA.

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.

PMID: 18381985 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2374807 [Available on 05/01/10]

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