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Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?
Forty-five years apart, two assassination attempts on American Presidents rather uncannily happened at the very same location. This case of history repeating itself offers much food for thought.
More akin to an intelligence review, the 14 recommendations in the interim report might help government agencies, but don’t yet reckon with the biggest questions.
The federal government gave the states an April 1 deadline to sign on to the buyback. With that date come and gone, the future of the plan is up in the air.
With submissions about to close on the proposed Arms Bill, overseas experience provides valuable guidance on improving public safety.
The high court recognizes a person’s right to self-defense with firearms but has also upheld the government’s power to enforce limits on that right.
Caps on how many firearms someone can own and only granting licences to Australian citizens are among the slated new laws.
To prevent suicide by firearm: Reduce access for youths or adults with suicide risk.
Without comprehensive legislative and societal reforms to address intimate partner violence, the measures in Bill C-21 risk being little more than a bandage on a gaping wound.
There are more guns in Australia now than before the Port Arthur massacre in 1996. Why? And who is buying firearms?
New Zealand has avoided the levels of gun-related violence driven by organised crime seen overseas. Improved gun laws and policies could help keep it that way.
Just one unlocked firearm may undo the protective effect of securing all other firearms in the home.
Sean Campbell and Topher McDougal talk about their investigation into the flow of guns from the U.S. to Mexico on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A scholar who became a gun owner later in life found there is more to firearms than criminal violence, injury and death, and more to gun culture than democracy-destroying right-wing politics.
With gun control laws being rewritten, New Zealand has the opportunity to learn from other countries to better combat computer-aided weapons manufacture.
The use of 3D-printed guns in criminal and violent activities is likely to continue to increase. And governments and police will continue to have trouble regulating them.
Canada has grappled with similar firearms problems to New Zealand. In some areas it has made more progress, but even its backward steps provide valuable lessons.
Colorado’s red flag law allows judges to order the temporary seizure of guns from someone they think is a significant risk to themselves or others, even in Second Amendment sanctuary counties.
Proposed changes to gun laws aimed at reducing compliance costs for clubs and shooting ranges won’t necessarily drive up memberships – which is key to improving public safety.
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Professor, History, Saint Mary’s University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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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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Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University
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Associate Professor of Public Health, University of Michigan
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Completed PhD with the focus on 'Criminal armourers and illegal firearm supply in England and Wales', University of Brighton
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Visiting Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University