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Weapons

Subjective and psychophysiological response to pictures of ancestral and modern threats: Not all evolutionary threats are alike

Iveta Štolhoferová, Tereza Hladíková, Markéta Janovcová, Šárka Peterková, Daniel Frynta, Eva Landová

published 18 Mar 2026

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Injury patterns and cumulative injury burden among U.S. competitive fencers: A survey

Katharine Holmes, Mary Rojas, Periklis Giannakis, Jashvant Poeran, Lindsay Bottoms, Alexis Colvin

published 16 Mar 2026

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Racial and ethnic disparities in fatal police shootings: Variation across U.S. states and the role of firearm ownership

Roland Neil, Shawn Bushway, Terry L. Schell, Andrew R. Morral, Rosanna Smart

published 11 Mar 2026

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Perspectives of military-affiliated women on lethal means safety: A systematic review

Melissa A. Litschi, Megan Lafferty, Amy Riegelman, Steven L. Lancaster, David J. Linkh

published 05 Mar 2026

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Analysis of gunshot injuries to the different surfaces of the shaft of a porcine femur with various lead airgun pellets fired from a 6.35 mm calibre air rifle using a human thigh model

Mateusz Wilk, Elżbieta Chowaniec, Karol Jędrasiak, Piotr Wodarski

published 02 Mar 2026

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Unequal by the gun: Four decades of the Black-White firearm homicide gap

Alex Knorre, John MacDonald

published 25 Feb 2026

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Prior beliefs & automated fact checking: Limits on the effectiveness of AI-based corrections

Kelly M. Amaddio, Jacob T. Goebel, Jason K. Clark, Duane T. Wegener, R. Kelly Garrett, Mark W. Susmann, Srinivasan Parthasarathy

published 05 Feb 2026

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Lethal means safety for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Veterans: Insights from key informants

Lindsey L. Monteith, Evan R. Polzer, Ryan Holliday, Darrin M. Aase, Joseph A. Simonetti

published 30 Jan 2026

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“Has this been tested? Who has it helped? Who has it hurt?”: Public perceptions about California’s extreme risk protection order law

Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Alexandra Dent, Shani Buggs, Amanda J. Aubel, Julia Lund, Garen Wintemute, Veronica A. Pear

published 04 Nov 2025

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Possessing potential weapons (still) heightens anger perception: Replicating and extending a test of error management theory

Cody Moser, Richard Ellk, Ayonna Jones, Colin Holbrook

published 17 Oct 2025

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Suicide rates in Germany in lockdown and non-lockdown phases during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020/2021

Anne Elsner, Roland Mergl, Antje-Kathrin Allgaier, Ulrich Hegerl

published 08 Sep 2025

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Evaluating advance peace in Fresno, California: An interrupted times series analysis of a community-based gun violence intervention

Xing Gao, Juan R. Cabrera, David Padilla, Mahasin S. Mujahid, Jason Corburn

published 27 Aug 2025

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The building concept of border defence facilities of Qin: Watchtowers along the King of Zhaoxiang great wall in Shaanxi province

Xingyi Li, Yangyang Tong, Xiaoning Ma, Jiachen Chang, Binyan He

published 26 Aug 2025

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