Reducing gun violence by addressing heavy drinking and off-premise alcohol outlets
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 16:14
in Psychology & Sociology
While inappropriate gun use certainly contributes to gun violence, other contributing factors, such as alcohol, deserve greater scrutiny. New research has found that heavy drinking near off-premise alcohol outlets, such as take-out establishments and delis, is a risk factor for being shot in an assault. The authors suggest that reducing the density of off-premise alcohol outlets and better training servers in these outlets may help to reduce gun violence.