Culture Affects Our Beliefs about Firearms, but Data Are Also Important

As Dan Kahan and Donald Braman correctly contend, some people hold passionate beliefs about guns, are largely influenced cultural worldviews, and are unwilling to be persuaded by data. Making progress on the firearms debate will require renewed attention to high quality empirical research combined w...

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Published inUniversity of Pennsylvania law review Vol. 151; no. 4; pp. 1387 - 1394
Main Author Mustard, David B.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Law School 01.04.2003
Subjects
Accidental death
Attitudes
Braman, Donald
Commentaries
Criminal law
Empirical evidence
Firearm laws & regulations
Firearms
Gun control
Guns
Kahan, Dan M
Legal evidence
Mustards
Polls & surveys
Statistical significance
Statistics
Violent crimes
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Summary:As Dan Kahan and Donald Braman correctly contend, some people hold passionate beliefs about guns, are largely influenced cultural worldviews, and are unwilling to be persuaded by data. Making progress on the firearms debate will require renewed attention to high quality empirical research combined with the development of pedagogical and communication methods that help people realize the implications of their unwillingness to consider evidence.
ISSN:0041-9907
1942-8537
DOI:10.2307/3312935