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Jan 26, 2023 · As the number of mass shootings in America continues to rise, gun control — a term used to describe a wide range of restrictions and measures aimed at controlling the use of firearms —...
- America’s Gun Problem
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- America’s Gun Problem
May 27, 2022 · The nationwide gun control debate resurfaced on Tuesday, after an 18-year-old shooter entered Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and killed 19 students and two adults in the second...
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- Mass Shootings in The Past 40 Years
- The Effects of Gun Laws
- Beyond Gun Control
- Framing The Debate
We defined a mass shooting as a single incident in which a perpetrator with no connection to gang activity or organized crime shot and killed three or more people. This is similar to the definition Congress uses. We found there were 112 of these events between 1980 and 2020; the number of mass shootings each year has increased over time. An overwhe...
Gun laws aren’t the only factorsthat affect where and when mass shootings occur. The number of police officers per capita, a community’s population density and crime rate, and other demographic characteristics such as unemployment rates and average income can also matter. We used statistical methods to control for those factors, narrowing our analy...
Our analysis suggests that Americans who want to make mass shootings less frequent and less deadly may want to think beyond gun control legislation. Statistically, mass shootings tend to occur in large, densely populated states with higher income and education levels per capita. While these states often respond to mass shootings by passing gun cont...
Many policy options involve value judgments stemming from beliefs about the U.S. Constitution and the power of government to regulate guns. Among people who think that restricting gun access reduces mass shootings, people disagree over whether the country should prioritize the individual freedoms of gun owners or the safety and peace of mind of non...
Dec 8, 2017 · New findings are providing a sound evidence base for policy-making and, among other contributions, have helped demonstrate efficacy in three important domains of gun policy: add-on sentences for gun use in violent crime, bans on gun possession by those convicted of domestic violence, and restrictions on carrying concealed firearms in public.
- Philip J. Cook, John J. Donohue
- 2017
Jul 14, 2022 · 14 July 2022. By Max Matza and Anthony Zurcher,BBC News. Karen Ducey. There is no federal ban on assault weapons. Last month, US President Joe Biden signed a landmark gun-control bill into law....
