Violence rates differ dramatically across countries. A widely held view is that these differences reflect differences in gun control and/or gun availability, and certain pieces of evidence appear consistent with this hypothesis. A more detailed examination of this evidence, however, suggests...

This article seeks to sketch the criminological underpinnings of the Second Amendment right to arms. Most agree with prohibiting possession of firearms by convicted felons, violent misdemeanants and the mentally unbalanced as our laws currently do. But an insistent and articulate minority argues...

Gun demand in the United States surged during COVID-19 pandemic. Combining multiple data sets including phone location, federal firearm licenses, Google trends, and county-level votes, this study investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Americans’ gun demand, which is approximated...