Alaska State Troopers responded to an Oakwood Drive address in Palmer on Monday afternoon after receiving a report of a burglary at that address. Upon arrival, they opened an investigation and developed a suspect list of suspects, AST reports. During the investigation at the scene, AST found that several firearms had been stolen along with […]
In the United States, suicide is twice as common as homicide — and more often involves firearms — but public perception is just the opposite. News reports, movies and TV shows may contribute to the perception of a high risk of firearm homicide, authors of a new study say, leaving a substantial gap between ideas […]
U.S. Attorney Bryan Schroder announced the sentencing of an Anchorage man, with an extensive criminal history in the state of Alaska, on a federal conviction of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm this week. According to the DoJ statement released on Tuesday, the Department of Justice was handed the case by the Anchorage […]
First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a study of children and adolescentspublished in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP). Seventy-one percent of youth dying by suicide did so on their first attempt, also known as the “index” attempt; the authors also found that firearms are implicated in 85 percent […]