Will the Surge in Panic Gun Buying Have a Long-Term Effect?
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English - July 28, 2020 19:00 - 13 minutes - 9.46 MB - ★★★★ - 85 ratingsSociety & Culture News Politics politics society culture internet heterodox Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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