The impact of the Orlando mass shooting on fear of victimization and gun-purchasing intentions: Not what one might expect.
Mass public shootings are typically followed by a spike in gun sales as well as calls for stricter gun control laws. What remains unclear is whether the spike in gun sales is motivated by increased threat perceptions or by concerns about gun control, or whether the sales are mainly driven by non-own...
Main Authors: | Wolfgang Stroebe, N Pontus Leander, Arie W Kruglanski |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553639?pdf=render |
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