The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions

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...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Arun Frey, David S. Kirk
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	SAGE Publishing 2021
Materias:	Social Sciences H Sociology (General) HM401-1281
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/3146a9916c034a7999eca9880da033ed
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:3146a9916c034a7999eca9880da033ed
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:3146a9916c034a7999eca9880da033ed2021-11-05T16:03:24ZThe Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions2378-023110.1177/23780231211054636https://doaj.org/article/3146a9916c034a7999eca9880da033ed2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211054636https://doaj.org/toc/2378-0231Is 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.Arun FreyDavid S. KirkSAGE PublishingarticleSocial SciencesHSociology (General)HM401-1281ENSocius, Vol 7 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Social Sciences H Sociology (General) HM401-1281
spellingShingle	Social Sciences H Sociology (General) HM401-1281 Arun Frey David S. Kirk The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
description	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.
format	article
author	Arun Frey David S. Kirk
author_facet	Arun Frey David S. Kirk
author_sort	Arun Frey
title	The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
title_short	The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
title_full	The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
title_fullStr	The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
title_full_unstemmed	The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions
title_sort	impact of mass shootings on attitudes toward gun restrictions
publisher	SAGE Publishing
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/3146a9916c034a7999eca9880da033ed
work_keys_str_mv	AT arunfrey theimpactofmassshootingsonattitudestowardgunrestrictions AT davidskirk theimpactofmassshootingsonattitudestowardgunrestrictions AT arunfrey impactofmassshootingsonattitudestowardgunrestrictions AT davidskirk impactofmassshootingsonattitudestowardgunrestrictions
_version_	1718444152993087488

The Impact of Mass Shootings on Attitudes toward Gun Restrictions

Ejemplares similares