"Peterson is a criminologist who studies the life histories of mass shooters, and when she has gone back decades later to interview perpetrators who committed an attack in their teens or early 20s, “they don’t even recognize the person that did that.” She said the perpetrators describe feeling “disconnected” from their murderous earlier … [Read more...]
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex
Minnesota stalemate on gun laws is contrast to broader national momentum
The Violence Project's James Densley commented on the stalled discussion of gun violence laws in the Star Tribune. In this article, he "pointed out that Minneapolis and St. Paul both notched homicide totals last year not seen since the 1990s. 'So if it is the mass shootings that gets the legislators through the door to start talking about this … [Read more...]
America’s Failed Attempt to Ban Assault Weapons
As the U.S. begins to make progress against Covid-19, a different tragedy has returned to the headlines: mass shootings. On March 16, a gunman killed eight people at spas and massage parlors in the Atlanta area. Days later, another gunman killed 10 at a supermarket in Boulder, Colo. With the tragedies have come renewed calls from Democratic … [Read more...]