Wahl J. Where are all the guns? Modeling firearm ownership in the United States.
PATTERNS 2022;
3:100571. [PMID:
36033585 PMCID:
PMC9403373 DOI:
10.1016/j.patter.2022.100571]
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Abstract
Firearm possession rates across the United States are important for policy makers and the public alike, yet reliable data are notoriously hard to come by. In this issue of Patterns, Barak-Ventura et al. develop a model to estimate state-level firearm ownership and analyze the causal relationships among firearm possession, the occurrence of mass shootings, and media coverage.
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