Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Public Health Rep. 2010 Sep-Oct;125(5):674-9. doi: 10.1177/003335491012500509.
In the United States, injury is a leading cause of alcohol-related death, and alcohol use is the leading risk factor for injury. We reviewed state and federal legislation regulating the intersection of alcohol and firearms.
We examined the current criminal codes of all 50 states and the District of Columbia using the databases Westlaw and LexisNexis to review restrictions on firearm use while intoxicated.
We found three types of laws in 26 states that restrict firearm use by intoxicated people: sales or transfers are restricted in six states, carrying of concealed weapons is restricted in four states, and possession or discharge of a firearm while intoxicated is restricted in 20 states.
Regulation of the carrying and use of firearms by acutely intoxicated individuals may represent a public health opportunity to reduce firearm-related injury.
在美国,伤害是导致酒精相关死亡的主要原因,而饮酒是导致伤害的主要风险因素。我们审查了规范酒精和枪支交叉点的州和联邦立法。
我们使用 Westlaw 和 LexisNexis 数据库,审查了所有 50 个州和哥伦比亚特区的现行刑法典,以审查在醉酒状态下使用枪支的限制。
我们在 26 个州发现了三种限制醉酒者使用枪支的法律:6 个州限制枪支的销售或转让,4 个州限制隐蔽武器的携带,20 个州限制醉酒者拥有或使用枪支。
对急性醉酒者携带和使用枪支的管制可能代表着减少与枪支有关的伤害的公共卫生机会。