Related Deaths in the Home" Arthur L.
Kellermann, M.D., M.P.H., and Donald T. Reay,
M.D., in The New England Journal of Medicine
(June 12, 1986), 10 Shattuck St., Boston, Mass.
02254.
There are 120 million privately owned firearms in the United States, and they are present in roughly half of all homes. A large percentage of these weapons are kept for the expressed purpose of self-defense.
How safe are gun owners? Kellerman, a physician at the University of Tennessee, and Reay, the chief...