Add to ORKGDespite rhetoric to the contrary, Congress took little action to restrict gun ownership in the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in December 2012. Why was no real action taken, when the national mood seems so in favor of such measures? In new research which analyses public opinion polling on gun control, Kevin H. Wozniak finds that support and opposition for stricter gun control laws is split along partisan lines. He argues that this split helped lead to legislative gridlock in Congress on the issue, with legislators responding to views of their constituents, not to the overall will of the public
Despite support from around 90 percent of US citizens in the wake of 2012’s Sandy Hook School shooti...
In recent years, the US society has witnessed a sharp growth in political divide, particularly betwe...
While holding almost half of all civilian-owned guns around the globe and yet only 4.4 percent of th...
In an era marked by deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats, few issues are as politically ...
Gun violence is a leading cause of death in the United States. The present study uses data from the ...
With over 49,000 violent incidents involving firearms occurring in 2015, legislation regarding the a...
Is the American public more likely to favor stricter gun legislation in the aftermath of deadly mass...
In my thesis, I investigate the factors that contribute to the seeming lack of federal legislative r...
The recent spate of mass public shootings in the United States raises important questions about how ...
Over the course of twelve Congressional sessions and twenty plus years since the passage of landmark...
Many scholars and interest groups in the U.S. advocate for more gun-control in terms of restrictions...
With total gun-related deaths reaching new highs in recent years, growing shares of Americans view b...
When and to what extent do crises and significant events induce changes in political attitudes? Theo...
Few public policy debates have been as dominated by emotion and misinformation as the one on gun con...
The year of 2017 was deemed the deadliest year for mass killings, which explains the growing tension...
Despite support from around 90 percent of US citizens in the wake of 2012’s Sandy Hook School shooti...
In recent years, the US society has witnessed a sharp growth in political divide, particularly betwe...
While holding almost half of all civilian-owned guns around the globe and yet only 4.4 percent of th...
In an era marked by deep divisions between Republicans and Democrats, few issues are as politically ...
Gun violence is a leading cause of death in the United States. The present study uses data from the ...
With over 49,000 violent incidents involving firearms occurring in 2015, legislation regarding the a...
Is the American public more likely to favor stricter gun legislation in the aftermath of deadly mass...
In my thesis, I investigate the factors that contribute to the seeming lack of federal legislative r...
The recent spate of mass public shootings in the United States raises important questions about how ...
Over the course of twelve Congressional sessions and twenty plus years since the passage of landmark...
Many scholars and interest groups in the U.S. advocate for more gun-control in terms of restrictions...
With total gun-related deaths reaching new highs in recent years, growing shares of Americans view b...
When and to what extent do crises and significant events induce changes in political attitudes? Theo...
Few public policy debates have been as dominated by emotion and misinformation as the one on gun con...
The year of 2017 was deemed the deadliest year for mass killings, which explains the growing tension...
Despite support from around 90 percent of US citizens in the wake of 2012’s Sandy Hook School shooti...
In recent years, the US society has witnessed a sharp growth in political divide, particularly betwe...
While holding almost half of all civilian-owned guns around the globe and yet only 4.4 percent of th...