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I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City – here’s what people in Detroit and the more than 167 other cities and towns using...

The Conversation - July 30, 2024

Cities and towns across the United States have invested in the gunshot detection technology ShotSpotter. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images, CC BY by Eric L. Piza, Northeastern...

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Young men in violent parts of Philadelphia, Chicago die from guns at a higher rate than US troops in the heat of battle

The Conversation - November 8, 2023

Philadelphia teens participate in a ‘Die in’ to draw attention to gun violence on April 14, 2022. Spencer Platt/Getty Images by Alex Knorre, Boston College Mass shootings...

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Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings?

Courier Newsroom - June 13, 2022

The Clinton-era ban on assault weapons ushered in a period of fewer mass shooting deaths. AP Photo/Dennis Cook Here’s what the data tells us by Michael...

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Why gun control laws don’t pass Congress, despite majority public support and repeated outrage over mass shootings

Courier Newsroom - May 28, 2022

by Monika L. McDermott, Fordham University and David R. Jones, Baruch College, CUNY With the carnage in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York in May...

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What we know about mass school shootings in the US – and the gunmen who carry them out

Courier Newsroom - May 25, 2022

by James Densley, Metropolitan State University and Jillian Peterson, Hamline University When the Columbine High School massacre took place in 1999 it was...

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