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How the firearms industry influences US gun culture, in 6 charts

Michael Siegel, Boston University Americans have blamed many culprits, from mental illness to inadequate security, for the tragic mass shootings that are occurring with increasing...

When the media cover mass shootings, would depicting the carnage make...

Nicole Smith Dahmen, University of Oregon Since 20 children were gunned down at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012, we’ve seen public calls for...

Why is there so little research on guns in the US?...

Lacey Wallace, Pennsylvania State University On Valentine’s Day, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. He killed 17...

It’s time to end the debate about video games and violence

Christopher J. Ferguson, Stetson University In the wake of the Valentine’s Day shooting at a Broward County, Florida high school, a familiar trope has...

The American public has power over the gun business – why...

Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley As teenagers in Parkland, Florida, dressed for the funerals of their friends – the latest victims of a mass...

Most mass killers are men who have also attacked family

Lisa Aronson Fontes, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst What do most mass killers have in common? As a researcher who studies coercive control in intimate...

How the US government created and coddled the gun industry

Brian DeLay, University of California, Berkeley After Stephen Paddock opened fire on Las Vegas concertgoers on Oct. 1, many people responded with calls for more...

How dangerous people get their weapons in America

Philip Cook, Duke University The recent mass shooting in Las Vegas that left dozens of people dead and hundreds injured raises two important questions: How...

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