Nationwide Increase In Lawn Mowing Injuries
...are twice greater than those who receive treatment firearms injuries on an annual basis. 'There is no reason anyone under 12 should ever be injured by a lawn mower. If we would keep the kids off the lawn when mowing and off the riding mowers we could greatly reduce the number of injuries each year. These ar...Lawn Mowing Injuries On The Rise
...are twice greater than those who receive treatment firearms injuries on an annual basis. 'There is no reason anyone under 12 should ever be injured by a lawn mower. If we would keep the kids off the lawn when mowing and off the riding mowers we could greatly reduce the number of injuries each year. These ar......d between 1997 and 2004 – the proportion involving firearms has fallen from 12.1 per cent to 8.1 per cent, while those involving hanging have risen from 36.3 per cent to 47.6 per cent. This is of particular concern, as legislating against hanging is difficult and it probably requires an education program to......ed in the Social Science and Medicine.Posession of firearms is a hot topic in US, where the case for it, is st...dings suggest that in the United States, household firearms may be an important source of guns used to kill children, women and men, both on the street and in t...Household Guns Associated With Higher Rates of Suicide in US
...ake steps to make their homes safer. "Removing all firearms from one's home is one of the most effective and s...educe the risk of suicide," says Miller. "Removing firearms may be especially effective in reducing the risk of suicide among adolescents and other potentially ...Tougher Gun Show Controls in California Slash Sales of Weapons Linked to Crime
...n states outside of California. No direct sales of firearms between attendees were seen in California. In other states, such undocumented gun sales appeared to be as common as sales by licensed gun dealers. And illegal straw purchases, in which buyers buy guns for parties other than themselves were 6.6 times ...Storage of Firearms Unsafe in Most Families
...have carried out a research study on the safety of firearms stored in houses. Their finding is published in th...f the families surveyed reported not storing their firearms safely in their residence,' DuRant said. 'This concerns us a great deal because having guns in the h...... also agreed to the Crown's request for a lifetime firearms ban....