Effects of restrictive licensing of handguns on homicide and suicide in the District of Columbia

Volume 325:1615-1620		December 5, 1991		Number 23

Effects of restrictive licensing of handguns on homicide and suicide in the District of Columbia

C Loftin, D McDowall, B Wiersema, and TJ Cottey

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Violence Research Group, Institute of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Maryland, College Park 20742-8235.

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