It was demonstrated that handguns vary in their danger for utilization in homicide shootings of law enforcement officers (Wintemute, 1994). Gun control laws would limit the number of citizens that have access to firearms and result in fewer homicides of officers. Modifying the supply of firearms might reduce violent crime associated with law enforcement deaths. Handguns are easier to hide than long guns, so it would be prudent to make handguns a priority in the gun control law debate. Furthermore, the study was indicative that confiscating foreign guns would not diminish law enforcement manslaughter[ CITATION Win94 l 1033 ]. This makes it apparent that the attention should be on guns manufactured in the U.S, not guns imported. Tucker-Gail, Selman, Kobolt and Hill (2010) conducted a study to try to determine why law enforcement officers die while on duty. People have speculated that is due to "bad timing, to bad people, to mistakes of procedure, policy, training practices, and to the characteristics of both officers and offenders" (Tucker-Gail et al., 2010, p. 119). There are no certainties of what exactly causes officer deaths that occur while they are on duty, just more questions. Why does this happen? What needs to happen to prevent it from occurring? These same authors looked at age and employment tenure variations of deaths that occurred from 1995 to 1999. There were 309 officer deaths reported during that period, and it was most deadly for the officers with 0-4 years' experience and between 30-39 years old (Tucker-Gail et al., 2010). The officers with a few years of officer employment tenure and under the age of 40 seemed to be at a higher risk for officer homicide.
In a more recent study on assault and homicide, Brandl and Stroshine (2012) examined the risk of police work and associated murders and assaults of law enforcement officers, deadly auto accidents, and other injuries comparing frequency and rate of injuries.
