The authors examined the effect of location and gender on the attitudes to handguns on nine dimensions (whether handguns represent freedom, independence, power, danger, control, violence, or madness,... read more >

The author examines the Million Mom March, a protest march for stricter gun control laws held in 2000, that aimed to recruit American women into gun control activism and to demonstrate the enormous support... read more >

The authors use data from two national surveys to assess public opinion about civilian gun carrying. The first survey (conducted in 1996) asked respondents whether they would feel more or less safe if... read more >

The authors examine the arguments for and against the control of firearms in the U.S. and noted how pro-gun control and anti-gun control groups have always disagreed with each other, with each group claiming... read more >

Using data from the 1972-1998 General Social Survey – a national survey of households – the authors examined whether the widespread gun ownership in the United States and prevailing positive attitudes... read more >

The authors critique an article by Kahan and Braman, where they argued that people’s views of social order explain a lot of the variation in positions on gun control. Instead, Fremling and Lott suggest... read more >

The author analyzed newspaper articles, editorials, and letters to the editor totaling 75,000 words for discourse on gun policy. He found that a cosmopolitan worldview exists, which is based on reliance... read more >

The author examined whether perceived effectiveness of stricter gun control, ideological beliefs, and perceived causes of crimes explain variation in support for more restrictive gun control, using data... read more >