Firearm Laws and Pediatric Mortality in the US
States in the most permissive and permissive firearm law categories experienced greater pediatric firearm mortality during the post-McDonald v Chicago era. Future work should focus on determining which types of laws conferred the most harm and which offered the most protection.
Authors
- Onyekachi Otugo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9432-6161)
- Miranda Yaver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4971-224X)
- Jeremy Samuel Faust (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-1446)
- Alexander Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6484-7217)
- Shriya Bhat (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0357-2576)
- Zhenqiu Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3089-141X)
- Benjamin Renton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9826-8141)
- Ji Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9155-586X)
- Harlan M. Krumholz
Institutions
- Yale New Haven Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Harvard College Observatory (US)
- Mass General Brigham (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Pediatrics
- Published
- 2025-06-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.1363
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 17.34