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Guns and the Risk of Homicide in the Workplace

May 17th, 2006 · No Comments

A study at the North Carolina University finds that the risk for employees are higher when employers allow guns in the workplace. Their findings suggest that allowing guns in the workplace increase workers’ risk of homicide by a factor of 5.

Employer Policies Toward Guns and the Risk of Homicide in the Workplace
Dana Loomis, PhD, Stephen W. Marshall, PhD and Myduc L. Ta, MPH

The abstract of the paper may be found here



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