Student activists are presenting important, emotionally powerful counter-narratives to those of the gun lobby. Their success will depend on whether they can sustain these efforts.
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The gun industry has been virtually immune from liability for the deaths and injuries caused by its products since 2005. Can this change?
Advocates of gun control may despair in the wake of mass shootings like the one in Parkland, Florida, but the history of government support for the gun industry shows Americans have more sway than they think.
Did the government-funded gun buybacks introduced after the Port Arthur massacre have "no effect" in reducing gun deaths in Australia, as an audience member claimed on Q&A? Let's look at the evidence.
Let’s be realistic about what gun amnesties are, and are not, likely to deliver.
How have state firearm laws changed over time? Over the past 27 years, some states have loosened the rules for gun owners and the gun industry, while others are getting stricter.
Twenty years ago, Australian federal, state and territory governments united to reform our firearm laws which had allowed easy access in some states to the military-style weapons of the sort used by the gunman in Orlando, Florida.
Gun makers are trying to dismiss the potentially precedent-setting suit, claiming a federal law gives them immunity.
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Director, Homicide Research Unit/Deputy Director, Violence Research and Prevention Program, Griffith University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Lecturer in Politics, University of Melbourne
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Distinguished University Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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Associate Dean for Students and William R. Jacques Constitutional Law Scholar and Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research; Adjunct Professor, School of Social Science, UNSW
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Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University
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Research Manager, Boston University
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Associate Professor of History, University of California, Berkeley
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University
