Stricter gun control laws may make mass shootings slightly less common, but other policies may work better to prevent mass shooting deaths.
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The recent tragic deaths of four Victorian police officers have highlighted the dangers to those whose job it is to protect the community.
There's no going back to the days when police did not carry guns. But now that they have them, their training must be unremitting. Australian lives depend on it.
A new study looks at whether deaths by suicide could be lowered with mental health care. To a small degree, yes. But a look at the costs suggests there may be better ways to prevent shooting deaths.
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.
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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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Bond University
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Lecturer in Politics, The 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
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Kinder Institute Assistant Professor of Constitutional Democracy, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Chair and Professor, Public Health, The Ohio State University
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Doctoral candidate, The Ohio State University
