- More statistics, less persuasion: a cultural theory of gun-risk perceptions
- Author:
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Kahan, Dan M. / Braman, Donald
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Social Science
- Keywords:
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GUN control, cultural view, culture, empirical analysis
The authors argue that individuals’ positions on gun control vary depending on their cultural worldviews. Egalitarians generally support gun control, whereas individualists oppose it. They suggest that...
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