In Sweden, there are over 2 million legally owned firearms. At the same time, up to 150,000 people live with a diagnosis of dementia. In an aging society such as Sweden, legislators will face challenges in gun ownership. A new registry-based observational study by researchers from NVS, Karolinska Institutet, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease shows a need for strategies for this growing problem.
However, this issue has not received much attention, especially among European researchers. Although elderly people rarely commit serious crimes, a gradual deterioration of executive functions can lead to improper handling…
