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Will the Surge in Panic Gun Buying Have a Long-Term Effect?

The Backchannel

English - July 28, 2020 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.46 MB - ★★★★ - 85 ratings
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The U.S. is experiencing an unprecedented surge in gun purchases by first-time gun buyers amid the pandemic and a period of civil unrest. We talk about why it's happening and what studies show the long-term consequences could be.

Studies:

Pandemics, Protests and Firearms: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3593956

Ecological and Cultural Factors Underlying the Global Distribution of Prejudice: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0221953