Koper Christopher S, Johnson William D, Stesin Kenneth, Egge Jeffery
Department of Criminology, Law and Society, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA.
Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Inj Prev. 2019 Sep;25(Suppl 1):i9-i11. doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042635. Epub 2018 Feb 24.
Laws restricting large ammunition magazines for semiautomatic weapons are intended to reduce firearm deaths and injuries by preventing gun attacks involving high numbers of shots. However, data on shootings from high-volume gunfire (HVG) incidents are extremely limited. This study examined gunshot victimisations resulting from HVG attacks (>10 shots fired) using police data on shootings in Minneapolis, Minnesota from January through August 2014 (n=135 to 167). Shots fired estimates were generated from police reports based on physical evidence recovered, reported gunshot victims, and accounts of witnesses and actors. HVG incidents accounted for 20%-28% of victims and were more likely to involve multiple victims. Most HVG cases seemed likely to have involved a gun with a large capacity magazine though these data were limited. Restricting large ammunition magazines may have greater potential for preventing shootings than previously estimated, but further studies of this issue are needed.
限制半自动武器大弹药弹匣的法律旨在通过防止涉及大量枪击的枪支袭击来减少枪支伤亡。然而，关于大量枪击（HVG）事件的枪击数据极为有限。本研究利用明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯市2014年1月至8月的警方枪击数据（n = 135至167），研究了大量枪击（>10枪）袭击导致的枪击受害者情况。枪击次数估计是根据警方报告得出的，这些报告基于 recovered 的物证、报告的枪击受害者以及证人和当事人的描述。大量枪击事件占受害者的20%-28%，且更有可能涉及多名受害者。尽管这些数据有限，但大多数大量枪击案件似乎都涉及大容量弹匣的枪支。限制大弹药弹匣在预防枪击方面可能比先前估计的有更大潜力，但需要对此问题进行进一步研究。
