The ways Americans talk about firearms is full of contradictions, two communication scholars explain – and that powerfully shapes the country’s approach to gun policy.
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Bill C-21 is a potential game-changer for gun control in Canada, but it’s been a long time coming. What took so long?
The word ‘evil’ sends a clear message – or does it? There are deep tensions in what the word means, and what it can accomplish.
Analysis of the 10 years in which the US banned sales of assault weapons shows that it correlates with a drop in mass shooting deaths – a trend that reversed as soon as the ban expired.
The shooters in the Buffalo and Uvalde massacres were both 18, and legally purchased assault rifles. This is fueling calls to raise the age when someone can purchase this weapon from 18 to 21.
People who are directly affected by mass shootings may develop PTSD and depression. But those who are indirectly exposed to these tragedies can also experience profound and long-lasting grief.
A closer look at firearms sales reveals some interesting trends that should be part of America’s ongoing conversation about the root causes of gun violence.
The nature of elected office combines with the lasting priorities of public opinion to put gun control on the back burner, even in times when it does get massive public attention.
Of the 13 mass school shootings that have taken place in the US, the three most deadly occurred in the last decade. Data from these attacks helped criminologists build a profile of the gunmen.
A suspect apparently motivated by a white supremacist agenda shot dead 10 shoppers. Analysis shows that mass shootings – and those at grocery stores – are on the rise.
An arms trade expert explains the wide variety of military aid nations around the world have sent to Ukraine.
While it’s a victory for the families of the victims, the settlement leaves a key legal question about the gun industry’s liability shield unanswered.
Experts help explain the context around the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and subsequent trial and convictions of Gregory McMichael, Travis McMichael and William Bryan.
With school shootings in 2021 at the highest they’ve ever been, experts on the topic offer advice about what to do about it.
Disturbing online posts and written messages were purportedly left by Ethan Crumbley in the days running up to deadly school shooting.
To the famous composer, the gun serves not as a tool of self-defense, but as an instrument of self-expression and self-realization.
A 15-year-old sophomore killed four students in a Michigan school attack. The gun he used was purchased by his father just four days earlier.
Many gun rights advocates claim that the right to carry guns is a universal right that has spanned centuries and nations. History tells a different story.
A tragic accident resulted in the shooting death of a cinematographer on the set of actor Alec Baldwin’s latest movie. The dangers of more guns on set extend to society, two scholars argue.
FBI statistics recorded a 30% rise in homicides in 2020. A criminologist helps break down what was behind the spike.
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Principal Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State
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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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Professor of Criminology & Public Policy, University of Brighton
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Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan
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Professor, History, Saint Mary’s University
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Dean and Robert A Knox Professor, Boston University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
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Associate Professor, Marketing, Oregon State University
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Visiting Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University