Firearms Archives

01.26.2022 temperature and homicide data

Packing the Heat

Violent crime rates are higher in warmer months.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

04.06.2021 a person holding a candle

Atlanta Rorschach

In the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, our staff grieve the losses, identify problems we want to work on, and resume the quest for the health of all.

Fellows Maya Thirkill, Rubina Veerakone, Sara Mar, Devin O'Donnell

Editors Michael Stein, Jennifer Beard

03.03.2021 a person holding a gun

For Youth Gun Violence, Context Matters

Media coverage of incidents of gun violence often focuses on characteristics of individual perpetrators. Contextual factors, including gun access and violent crime at the population level, receive far less attention.

Guest Author Lauren Gonzales

01.14.2021 a hand gun with a handle

Under the Gun

Poverty has long been seen as one of the biggest risk factors for violent victimization and firearm-related-crimes.

Guest Authors Marie Crandall, Rugaieh Abaza

01.11.2021 a graph of a number of people

Checking for Guns

The impulse of Americans to buy guns in the face of social upheaval reflects Americans' perceptions of fear and safety.

Fellow Edward Alexander

11.24.2020 a graph of a crime

Guns and Our Youth

Eighteen to 20-year-olds account for only 4% of the population, yet they are responsible for causing as many as 17% of gun-related deaths.

Fellow Pat Williams

06.26.2020 a gun with a red white and blue flag

Right to Bear Opinion

Guns laws have evolved since 2015. What hasn’t changed since then is that the majority of US citizens continue to support many gun safety policies.

Fellow Tasha McAbee

03.23.2020 a classroom with desks and chairs

Scripts After School Shootings

School shootings in America have become something of a new norm, yet little is known about how survivors cope over the following months and years.

Fellow Edward Alexander

03.18.2020 a gun with a knot on a statue

Wrong-to-Carry Laws

States passed right-to-carry laws under the expectation that they would decrease crimes. Evidence now contradicts the basic premise of right-to-carry laws.

Fellow Greg Kantor

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