Tag: US gun control
How easy access to guns at home contributes to America’s youth...
Matthew Miller, Northeastern University and Deborah Azrael, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
School shootings in the U.S....
Arming teachers – an effective security measure or a false sense...
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University
In the wake of the mass shooting at...
After mass shootings like Uvalde, national gun control fails – but...
Christopher Poliquin, University of California, Los Angeles
Calls for new gun legislation that previously failed to pass Congress are...
Knoxville school shooting serves as stark reminder of a familiar –...
James Densley, Metropolitan State University and Jillian Peterson, Hamline University
With most U.S. students having learned virtually in 2020...
Why Americans are buying more guns than ever
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University
Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
Firearm-makers may finally decide it’s in their interest to help reduce...
Timothy D. Lytton, Georgia State University
Mass shootings have become a routine occurrence in America.
Gun-makers have long refused to take responsibility for their role in...
School shootings prompted protests, debates about best ways to keep students...
Jamaal Abdul-Alim, The Conversation
Editor’s note: As we come to the end of the year, Conversation editors take a look back at the stories that...
We provided psychological first aid after the Las Vegas shooting –...
Michelle Paul, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Heather Dahl, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and John A. Nixon, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Editors’ note:...