Police in the United States stand out in the developed world for their reliance on deadly
force. Other nations in the Americas, however, feature higher or similar levels of fatal police …

Qualitative secondary analysis has generated heated debate regarding the epistemology of
qualitative research. We argue that shifting to an abductive approach provides a fruitful …

This review is about scholarly contributions to a hotly debated issue—gun policy. Teasing
apart the politics of evidence within gun politics, it examines both how research agendas …

Two principal movers of American politics appear increasingly to be connected: racism and
guns. The racial content underlying gun rights rhetoric, however, is rarely made explicit …

Inequitable experiences of community gun violence and victimization by police use of force
led to nationwide calls to “reimagine public safety” in 2020. In January 2021, we examined …

I trace the evolution of gun culture in the US, starting with the prehistorical normality and
significance of projectile weaponry among Homo sapiens, then turning to the largely …

Abstract From Columbine to Sandy Hook to Marjory Stoneman Douglas, the American public
has repeatedly witnessed the carnage and tragic consequences of mass school shootings …

This study examines how legal and illegal firearm availability correspond to subsequent
rates of firearm and non-firearm homicide in 226 US cities from 2010 through 2017. We also …

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate.
While popular explanations for the group's influence often focus on the NRA's lobbying and …

The COVID-19 pandemic and protests have marked an unprecedented increase in US gun
sales. But America has long been an outlier; the stockpile of private guns climbed to almost …