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Changing The Gun Culture

Marilyn Sewell | Posted 05.29.2013 | Religion
Read More: Gun Accessibility, Changes in Consciousness, Gun Culture, Sensible Gun Laws, Gun Control Laws, Violent Culture, Gun Control, Religion News
Marilyn Sewell

It is true that we cannot prevent every drug-related shootout, every murder of a woman by the man who "owns her," every suicide, every mass killing that is carried out with a gun. But when guns are so easily accessible, and so many deaths are occurring, we have to start somewhere.

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Is American 'Acceptance of Violence' on the Rise?

David W. Jamieson | Posted 03.16.2013 | Politics
Read More: Acceptance of Violence, Gun Violence, Violence, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Newtown, American Culture, Violent Culture, Politics News
David W. Jamieson

In national surveys conducted every presidential election year since 1992, we've been monitoring the evolution of a value called "Acceptance of Violence." We have measured this value by asking four questions, each designed to gauge a different facet of respondents' views on violence.

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