More Guns Mean More Police Officer Homicides
Yet another study finds areas with higher rates of gun ownership experience higher rates of homicide.
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There Are 22 Million Angry, Impulsive Americans With Guns
Examining the personality characteristics of America's gun owners.
The Characteristics of Gun Owners
The latest survey of American gun-owners looks at the culture they live in.
Dispatches From the Russian River: Locked and Loaded
After being offered a BB gun for protection, Alexis Coe explores what gun culture means out in the wild.
Cops: Killing and Being Killed
What accounts for the number of killings by cops in the United States (over 100 just this past March)? Blame gun culture.
When Gun Owners Get Angry
A new study finds that nearly nine percent of Americans have a history of anger problems and access to guns.
Do Bulletproof Whiteboards Protect Children or Traumatize Them?
Hardwire Armor Systems outfitted Delaware’s Colonial School District this year with bulletproof whiteboards capable of absorbing ammunition from handguns, shotguns, or assault rifles. No psychiatric evaluations of the technology and the effect it could have on children were conducted.
Handguns for Minors: What Does the Science Say?
As Alabama considers two bills that would allow minors under the age of 18 to possess pistols, we take a look at what the consequences of these gun law changes might be.
Which Gun Laws Work?
A review of more than a decade of gun-law science pinpoints which laws are backed by the best evidence.
The Very Weak and Complicated Links Between Mental Illness and Gun Violence
Vanderbilt University’s Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth MacLeish address our anxieties and correct our assumptions.