Sentences with phrase «studies about gun violence»

For instance: if you support gun control policies, you will likely pay more attention to studies about gun violence (because they reinforce what you already believe) and less attention to reports of gun control policies precipitating higher gun violence (because it conflicts.)

Not exact matches

A roundup of gun control and violence studies by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states with high gun ownership, countries with more guns see more gun deaths, and states with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.

The so - called «balanced approach» (a new code word that means the exact opposite from what it would seem) sought by the president is most likely going to be all about restricting guns and nothing but study on reigning in Hollywood for the culture of violence.

Problem is there was a so - called assault weapons ban that was enacted some years ago during the Clinton administration, and what the Justice Department found when they did a study of this after about 10 years of experience they found it had no appreciable effect upon the incidence of gun violence in our country.