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26 sty 2023 · As the number of mass shootings in America continues to rise, gun control — a term used to describe a wide range of restrictions and measures aimed at controlling the use of firearms —...
20 cze 2023 · This study also found that the increased gun carrying associated with these permissive laws impaired police effectiveness, as indicated in sizeable decreases in the clearance rates of violent crime – which undermines the important detterrent effect of law enforcement.
20 cze 2023 · Recent debates have centered around the right to gun ownership as conferred by the Second Amendment, but historically that right was defined as a collective rather than an individual right.
20 cze 2023 · We present the rationale behind four types of laws that restrict access to firearms for those who are deemed to be a high risk for future gun violence and two types of laws that implement firearm purchase prohibitions. We also present evidence on the effectiveness of these laws.
16 lip 2024 · Across all of the 18 policies that we examined, only three—child-access prevention laws, concealed carry laws, and stand-your-ground laws—had evidence that we classified as supportive, our highest evidence rating, for an effect on a particular outcome.
31 maj 2022 · But it also encompasses an important practical question: Do countries with stricter gun laws experience less crime or fewer homicides? The answer is anything but simple. The fight for more stringent gun control laws derives in part from the idea that more guns mean more violence.
1 sty 2020 · In this paper, we explore the impact of mass shootings on gun policy, constructing a dataset of all U.S. gun legislation and mass shootings over a period of twenty-five years (1989–2014)—combining data from a variety of media and government sources.
