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Hot Topics: The Second Amendment and Gun Control

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Lu Olkowski, Mike Wiser, Michelle Mizner, Michael Kirk, Jim Gilmore, & Missy Frederick (Producers), & Kirk, M. (Director). (2015). Gunned Down. [Video/DVD] Public Broadcasting Service. https://video.alexanderstreet.com/watch/gunned-down

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What Joe Biden Told FRONTLINE about School Shootings and Gun Control in 2014

Articles

Balakrishna, M., & Wilbur, K. C. (2022). Do Firearm Markets Comply with Firearm Restrictions? How the Massachusetts Assault Weapons Ban Enforcement Notice Changed Registered Firearm Sales. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies19(1), 60–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/jels.12307

Burton, A. L., Logan, M. W., Pickett, J. T., Cullen, F. T., Jonson, C. L., & Burton, V. S. (2021). Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions. Sociological Inquiry91(2), 347–366. https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12413

Fridel, E. E. (2021). Comparing the Impact of Household Gun Ownership and Concealed Carry Legislation on the Frequency of Mass Shootings and Firearms HomicideJQ: Justice Quarterly38(5), 892–915. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2020.1789693

Gay, C. (2020). “Red Flag” Laws: How Law Enforcement’s Controversial New Tool to Reduce Mass Shootings Fits within Current Second Amendment Jurisprudence. Boston College Law Review61(4), 1491–1534.

Iwama, J., & McDevitt, J. (2021). Rising Gun Sales in the Wake of Mass Shootings and Gun LegislationJournal of Primary Prevention42(1), 27–42. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10935-021-00622-7

Iwama, J. (2021). Reducing Violence?: Examining the Impact of Gun Control Legislation in MassachusettsJQ: Justice Quarterly38(7), 1385–1404. https://doi.org/10.1080/07418825.2021.1985593

Koper, C. S. (2020). Assessing the potential to reduce deaths and injuries from mass shootings through restrictions on assault weapons and other high‐capacity semiautomatic firearmsCriminology & Public Policy19(1), 147–170. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12485

Nagin, D. S., Koper, C. S., & Lum, C. (2020). Policy recommendations for countering mass shootings in the United StatesCriminology & Public Policy19(1), 9–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12484

Webster, D. W., McCourt, A. D., Crifasi, C. K., Booty, M. D., & Stuart, E. A. (2020). Evidence concerning the regulation of firearms design, sale, and carrying on fatal mass shootings in the United States. Criminology & Public Policy19(1), 171–212. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12487

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