Child and Adolescent Firearm-Related Homicide Occurring at Home
This study found that nearly one-quarter of pediatric firearm-related homicides occurred at home. Young children were more often affected. These data point to domestic violence and child abuse as significant risk factors for in-home firearm homicide. Traditional safe storage laws may be inadequate preventive measures. Extreme risk protection orders and mandatory domestic violence-related firearm relinquishment may prevent these deaths and warrant further investigation.
Authors
- Joanne Baerg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0388-8485)
- Katherine Marsh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-6210)
- Garret Zallen
- Whitney Orji (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-2527-087X)
- Sue Walker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3953-7724)
- Jordan M. Rook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3579-4704)
- Marion C.W. Henry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-9447)
- Heather A. Hartman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-4575)
- Catherine Juillard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0847-8933)
- J. Leslie Knod (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9627-4334)
- Sindhu V. Mannava (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6418-8351)
- Bindi Naik‐Mathuria (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3781-617X)
Institutions
- Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
- Presbyterian Healthcare Services (US)
- Cornerstone University (US)
- Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Community Health Systems - Dupont Hospital (US)
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center (US)
- Nemours Children's Health System (US)
- Oregon Medical Research Center (US)
- Comer Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Virginia (US)
- The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Surgery
- Published
- 2025-09-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2025.3429
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gun Ownership and Violence Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17