Price of Liberty or Never Again: Americans’ Views on Preventing Mass Murder

Haner, Murat; Cullen, Francis T.; Jonson, Cheryl Lero; Burton, Alexander L.; Kulig, Teresa C.

doi:10.1080/24751979.2019.1569474

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“…1733–34). Further, Smith (2002, p.155) concludes that support for the regulation of firearms among gun owners and non‐gun owners alike—across metrics of general gun control, safety, and access—is “strong, deep, and widespread.” However, for other gun control policies, such as those concerned with banning large‐capacity magazines (i.e., those that hold more than 10 rounds), certain types of guns (e.g., AR‐15s), and the number of guns an individual can own, gun owners are more divided (Barry et al, 2018; Haner et al, 2019). These attitudinal divisions among gun owners suggest their gun control attitudes must reflect more than their shared self‐interest in protecting ownership status.…”

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Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

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Sociological Inquiry

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After each mass public shooting, an inevitable debate surrounding the tools used to carry out the attack ensues. This debate is marked by two sides: those who endorse controlling access to firearms and those who oppose restrictions to the Second Amendment. Implicit in this dialogue is the assumption that gun owners are a homogenous group who stand in opposition to the gun control legislation. Using a national sample of American gun‐owning adults, we examine gun control attitudes among those who share the gun owner‐status and uncover divergent views split down political lines. Political partisanship and values are a major source of gun owners’ policy preferences. Republican gun owners and those with rightward political values are more likely to oppose gun control measures. Gun control, it seems, is politicized even among those who own guns, which suggests guns are political symbols with a meaning that extends beyond mere self‐interest in protecting ownership status.

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Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

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“…Second, largely as a result of the symbolic meaning placed on guns in the United States, factors distinct to American culture appear to shape attitudes toward gun control (Haner, Cullen, Jonson, Burton, & Kulig, 2019;Kahan & Braman, 2003;Wozniak, 2017). Growing up with guns, associating with fellow gun owners, and NRA membership often serve to solidify pro-gun attitudes, resulting in a greater aversion to gun control policies (Cao et al, 1997;Melzer, 2009).…”

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“…Furthermore, opposition to gun control may also tap into deep-seated beliefs about race, serving as an indicator of fear associated with people of color and an expression of racial privilege (Filindra & Kaplan, 2016O'Brien, Forrest, Lynott, & Daly, 2013). Based on the prior research examining cultural factors, we hypothesize that childhood socialization into a gun culture, involvement in gun social networks, NRA membership, and racial resentment will all lead to increased support for arming school personnel (Cao et al, 1997;Filindra & Kaplan, 2016Gresham & Demuth, 2020;Haner et al, 2019;O'Brien et al, 2013;Semet & Ansolabehere, 2011;Wozniak, 2017).…”

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An apple in one hand, a gun in the other: Public support for arming our nation's schools

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Criminology & Public Policy

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In the wake of repeated school shootings, today's youth have acquired the label of the "mass shooting generation." Another fitting label would be the "armed school generation." Most states now permit school security officers to carry firearms, and at least 466 school districts in 19 states allow teachers or staff members to be armed. In this context, understanding public opinion about guns in schools is essential. Using a 2018 national survey of 1,100 American adults, we examined public support for arming our nation's schools.Although consensus exists for school resource officers carrying weapons, respondents are divided about arming teachers and nonteaching staff. Those who believe in gun defensive effectiveness, lean right politically, are racially resentful, older, and have children are more likely to endorse arming nonlaw enforcement school personnel. National Rifle Association membership and altruistic fear are associated with support for arming teachers, while a belief in the moral wrongness of harming others predicts opposition to teachers having a gun in one hand and an apple in the other. Policy implications:The controversy around arming teachers will likely be ongoing. With decisions made locally, public opinion will continue to play an influential role in this debate. Our study provides important new evidence about the extent and correlates of public opinion on guns in schools. The next step is to examine how public attitudes change in response to information

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“…Missing cases (n = 88; 11.4%) precluded the use of family income as a control. This is a common problem in YouGov studies because the income question includes the response option of "prefer not to say" (see, e.g., Haner, Cullen, Jonson, Burton, & Kulig, 2019). Table 1 provides the descriptive statistics for all of the variables.…”

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Racial Sympathy and Support for Capital Punishment:A Case Study in Concept Transfer

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Beliefs about race, especially racial resentment, are key predictors of public support for capital punishment and punitiveness generally. Drawing on a conceptual innovation by political scientist Jennifer Chudy, we explore the utility of transferring into criminology her construct of racial sympathy-or Whites' concern about Blacks' suffering. First, across three data sets, we replicate Chudy's finding that racial sympathy and resentment are empirically distinct constructs. Second, based on a national-level 2019 YouGov survey (n = 760 White respondents) and consistent with Chudy's thesis, racial sympathy is then shown to be significantly related to the race-specific view that capital punishment is discriminatory but not support for the death penalty or harsher courts. Racial sympathy also is positively associated with advocacy of rehabilitation as the main goal of prison. Notably, in all models, racial resentment has robust effects, increasing punitive sentiments. Taken together, the results suggest that racial sympathy is a concept that can enrich criminologists' study of how race shapes crime policy preferences in the United States and beyond.

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Price of Liberty or Never Again: Americans’ Views on Preventing Mass Murder

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

Gun Owners and Gun Control: Shared Status, Divergent Opinions

An apple in one hand, a gun in the other: Public support for arming our nation's schools

Racial Sympathy and Support for Capital Punishment:A Case Study in Concept Transfer

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