Evidence shows that 20 years on, Florida’s stand your ground law hasn’t made communities in the state any safer.
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Kirk’s killing reflects a broader political impasse in the US, where a significant percentage of the population supports political violence of some form.
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.
Most Americans actually agree on key issues, including reproductive rights, firearms laws and climate change.
It might seem surprising, but a liberal gun ownership culture can produce sensible legal safeguards. With firearms regulation in the spotlight, New Zealand can learn from US experience.
Trump supporters are unlikely to want any debate around gun reform – they support the status quo, even when their leader is almost killed.
The US attorney for the District of Maryland recently released a PSA to help stem the tide of violence in the state. But will it work?
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
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.
President Biden outlined his achievements in key policy areas and sketched out his plans for the rest of his term in office.
A recession in the US would lead to more workplace shootings.
Election-related violence isn’t unheard of in the US. A scholar of gun laws explains how the threat is only increased by allowing people to carry firearms as they vote.
Youth suicides in the US have increased by around 50% over the past decade – gun availability is a big part of that trend.
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
Congress has pushed through its first gun control legislation in 30 years. Included in the legislation is a provision to expand a firearm ban to dating partners accused of domestic violence.
Congress tends to be most likely to act after an assassination or assassination attempt of historic proportions or mass shootings. But sometimes lawmakers do nothing beyond debate new measures.
Risk assessments and rigid gun laws are among the tools that can help prevent school massacres, a specialist in youth aggression says.
Putting guns in the hands of schoolteachers is a popular idea among gun-owners and conservatives, but research suggests it may pose more problems than it solves.
Gun ownership is not the only factor that needs considering to tackle gun crime, an expert says.
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.
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