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God and Guns: Examining Religious Influences on Gun Control Attitudes in the United States
Religions, 2018 Mass shootings in the United States have generated significant media coverage and public concern, invigorating debates over gun control. Media coverage and academic research on gun control attitudes and reactions to mass shootings have paid little ...
Stephen M. Merino
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‘Firearming’ Fairytales: NRA and Gun Culture in American Fan-Fiction
J-Lalite, 2022 Gun issue becomes one of the most polemic issues in the United States alongside racism. Regardless, the last major gun control legislation to make it into law was the assault weapons ban in 1994 as part of a larger crime-related bill approved during Bill
Bhakti Satrio Nugroho
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Suicide in Switzerland: why gun ownership can be deadly
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2023 There is a great deal of empirical evidence that owning a firearm increases the risk of dying from suicide. Most suicides are impulsive. Nearly 50% of survivors of suicide attempts report that they took less than 10 minutes between the decision to die ...
Wolfgang Stroebe
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American preferences for “smart” guns versus traditional weapons: Results from a nationwide survey
Preventive Medicine Reports, 2016 This study examines Americans' preferences regarding smart guns. The study builds on prior research by including previously unexamined factors, specifically victimization and comfort sharing gun ownership status with a doctor.
Lacey Nicole Wallace
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States with Lower Gun Ownership and Strong Gun Laws Have Lowest Suicide Rates (2021) [PDF]
, 2021 Released during National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month, this report dataset presents overall suicide as well as gun suicides rates state by state, revealing the decisive role played by firearms in suicide attempts.
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Online interest regarding violent attacks, gun control, and gun purchase: A causal analysis.
PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundIncreased interest about gun ownership and gun control are oftentimes driven by informational shocks in a common factor, namely violent attacks, and the perceived need for higher levels of safety.
Laura H Gunn +3 more
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ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARD GUN OWNERSHIP (ASTGO): A VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY
Akademik Yaklaşımlar DergisiWhile research on gun ownership has expanded in recent years, existing measurement tools are still limited in scope and fail to capture the multidimensional nature of public attitudes.
Ahmet Yasuntimur +2 more
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Preventive Medicine Reports, 2022 Firearm-related injury is a major public health concern in the U.S. Experience of racism and discrimination can increase the risk of minority group members engaging in or being victims of firearm-related violence.
Tsu-Yin Wu +5 more
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American State Gun Law Strength and State Resident Differences in Neuroticism Levels
Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2016 Relations between state gun law strength and state-aggregated levels of Republican leaning, gun ownership, and resident Big Five neuroticism (based on 619,397 residents nationally) were determined in a state-level analysis of the 50 American states using
Stewart J. H. McCann, Chantelle Zawila
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Gun ownership as an expression of whiteness and masculinity. [PDF]
, 2020 Public discourse on the topic of gun ownership in the U.S. is polarized, with the debate framed as a binary between unquestioned gun rights versus a complete ban.
Daugherty, Michael, Michael Daugherty
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