This paper examines the impact of Stand Your Ground laws on firearm homicides and
injuries. Using state-level monthly data and a difference-in-difference identification strategy …

Although the rate of gun ownership in US households has declined from an estimated 50
percent in 1970 to approximately 32 percent today, Americans' propensity for carrying …

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On August 12, 2013, US Attorney General Eric Holder, Jr. made an unexpected
announcement: the Department of Justice would cease to pursue mandatory minimum …

But the Supreme Court has never expressly held self-defense to be a constitutional right. 1
Instead, for most of American history, courts and commentators pared self-defense from …

As technology comes to characterize our world in ever more comprehensive ways there are
increasing questions about how the'rights' and'wrongs' of technological use can be …

This question on how religious beliefs shape attitudes about guns has received little
attention in the literature. We use the religious concept of supernatural evil, or beliefs about …

'Home'is frequently invoked to refer to the nation and a unified national identity, often with a
spoken or unspoken division between 'us' and 'them'. The concept of home is also a …

Novelty catches attention. In 2011, psychologist Daryl J. Bern made the front page of the
New York Times with a study showing that people can" feel the future"-that it is possible to …

This Article explores the relationship between lethality and the right to bear arms, and
considers how that relationship might be shaped by the availability of non-lethal alternative …