+ Caught in the crossfire: A defense of the cultural theory of gun-risk perceptions - Response
- Author:
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Kahan, D. M. / Braman, D.
- Date:
- 2003
- Publication:
- University of Pennsylvania Law Review
- Topics:
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Gun Carrying, Ownership, Social Science
- Keywords:
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GUN control, critique, cultural view, culture, empirical evidence
In this commentary, the authors respond to critiques by both pro- and anti-gun control scholars to their previously published article arguing that cultural worldviews are more important than empirical...
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+ 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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+ What follows putting reason in its place?
- Author:
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Levinson, Sanford
- 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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Decision making, GUN control, anecdote, culture, debate
The author critiques a paper published by Kahan and Braman arguing that empirical evidence on the consequences of guns will not suffice to settle the gun control debate. He makes reference to anecdotes...
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