@article{ref1,
title="Does "politicizing" gun violence increase support for gun control? Experimental evidence from the Las Vegas shooting",
journal="Social Science Quarterly",
year="2020",
author="Kantack, Benjamin R. and Paschall, Collin E.",
volume="101",
number="2",
pages="893-908",
abstract="OBJECTIVE Gun control advocacy regularly escalates in the aftermath of a mass shooting. But is the American public more susceptible to pro-gun-control arguments in the wake of mass gun violence? Methods We analyze a survey experiment fielded immediately before and after the 2017 Las Vegas shooting. <br><br>RESULTS Pro-gun-control arguments were not effective at increasing support for or confidence in expanded background checks before or after the Las Vegas shooting. Anti-gun-control arguments were less effective at reducing support for expanded background checks after the Las Vegas shooting. <br><br>CONCLUSION Even the largest mass shooting in American history was insufficient to mobilize public opinion on gun control in a way that would affect federal policy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0038-4941",
doi="10.1111/ssqu.12754",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssqu.12754"
}