Earlier this month, after experiencing a set of rare, back-to-back mass shootings, authorities in Serbia moved quickly to announce “an almost complete disarming of Serbia,” which included mass gun surrendering, tighter restrictions on gun ownership, and harsher penalties for illegal gun ownership. Gun control measures move much slower in the […] Read more »
Why are Americans shooting strangers and neighbors? ‘It all goes back to fear’
… Why are people so quick to pull the trigger on strangers? … Experts blame a cocktail of factors: The easy availability of guns, misconceptions around stand-your-ground laws, the marketing of firearms for self-defense — and a growing sense among Americans, particularly Republicans, that safety in their backyard is deteriorating. […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Voters favor gun limits over arming citizens to reduce gun violence
After a series of mass shootings this spring, including the killing of several students at a private Christian school in Tennessee, voters would prefer focusing on specific gun control measures rather than arming citizens to reduce gun violence. A new Fox News Poll finds most voters favor the following proposals: […] Read more »
Gun Violence Is Actually Worse in Red States. It’s Not Even Close.
Listen to the southern right talk about violence in America and you’d think New York City was as dangerous as Bakhmut on Ukraine’s eastern front. … In reality, the region the Big Apple comprises most of is far and away the safest part of the U.S. mainland when it comes […] Read more »
The Tennessee expulsions reveal the core divide in US politics. Here’s why.
Rarely have the tectonic plates of American politics collided as visibly and explosively as they did earlier this month in Tennessee. The procession of predominantly middle-aged or older White Republicans who rose almost two weeks ago in the Tennessee House of Representatives to castigate, and then expel, two young Black […] Read more »
Alarming rise in youth gun deaths breaks down very differently by race
Whenever there is a mass shooting in the United States, the national gun debate intensifies and in recent years that’s increasingly meant discussing how to protect young people from gun violence amid a shocking rise in deaths. Since 2019, gun violence has become the leading cause of death among Americans […] Read more »