What Is Gun Culture? Cultural Variations and Trends Across the United States

What is gun culture? Cultural variations and trends across the United States

We developed empirical methods to identify variations in elements of gun culture across states. Using these methods, we then analyzed the prominence of these subcultures between states and over time from 1998 through 2016. Using state-level data, we conducted a principal component analysis of 11 variables associated with gun-related behaviors and retained only the significant components. We then analyzed the presence of these components over tim…

New Report Ranks U.S. States by Gun Law Strength, But Even the Toughest States Are Seeing Rising Gun Deaths

A new report from High Rise Financial has ranked all 50 U.S. states by the strength of their gun laws, using data from the Giffords Law Center and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The findings show that while some states have made measurable progress in firearm legislation, nearly all are facing a troubling rise in gun death rates over the last decade, regardless of law strength. The analysis reveals that California continue…