Owning a gun can influence your outlook, both fueling a sense of danger in the world around you and holding out the promise of rescuing you from those fears.
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Fatalities from gun homicides, suicides and accidents are all up for Americans ages 18 and under.
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
The nature of elected office combines with the lasting priorities of public opinion to put gun control on the back burner, even in times when it does get massive public attention.
More than 40 percent of U.S. adults have a gun in their household, making it hard to get guns off the streets – even if new gun restrictions are passed.
New Zealand’s gun lobby presents licensed gun owners as sensible and responsible, but the response to gun law changes reveals an aggressive online culture.
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Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
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Senior Lecturer, Paul H. O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University
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Professor of Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY
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Co-Director, Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention; Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan
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Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Otago
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison