Journal article
The impact of mass shootings on attitudes toward gun restrictions
- Abstract:
- Is the American public more likely to favor stricter gun legislation in the aftermath of deadly mass shootings? The authors leverage the occurrence of several mass shootings during multiple survey waves of the General Social Survey between 1987 and 2018 to examine whether exposure to a mass shooting sways public opinion on gun legislation. The results reveal that mass shootings increase support for stricter gun permits among Democrats but not for individuals of other political orientations. An exception to this finding occurs with school shootings, which mobilize broad support for firearm legislation among both Democrats and Republicans.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1177/23780231211054636
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- Publisher:
- SAGE Publications
- Journal:
- Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World More from this journal
- Volume:
- 7
- Pages:
- 1-9
- Publication date:
- 2021-11-02
- Acceptance date:
- 2021-09-14
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2378-0231
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English
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1194099
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pubs:1194099
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2021-09-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Frey and Kirk
- Copyright date:
- 2021
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- Copyright © 2021 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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