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Article: Penn Study Asks, Protection or Peril? Gun Possession of Questionable Value in an Assault.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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In a first-of-its-kind study, epidemiologists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that, on average, guns did not protect those who possessed them from being shot in an assault. The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun (see also University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine).
The study was released online this month in the American Journal of Public Health, in advance of print publication in November 2009.
"This study helps resolve the long-standing debate about whether guns are protective or perilous," notes study author Charles C. Branas, Ph.D., ...