Keeping guns out of the hands of abusers: Handgun purchases and restraining orders

K.A. Vittes and S.B. Sorenson

American Journal of Public Health, 2008, vol. 98, issue 5, 828-831

Abstract: Persons under certain domestic violence restraining orders are prohibited by federal law from purchasing and possessing a firearm. We used administrative data from California to link 794426 restraining orders with 1388724 handgun purchase applications. We found that restrained persons were not a less law-abiding group in general, but they appeared to be repeatedly or serially abusive to intimate partners, and their handgun purchase rates were highest after their restraining orders expired.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.124115

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