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Fear, Loathing, and Support for Political Violence in the United States

Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

Political Violence
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PREPRINT: Support for Authoritarianism and Use of Force by and against the Federal Government in the United States in Mid-2025

Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

Mid-2025, a substantial minority of Americans endorse authoritarian views; smaller minorities agree that the current federal government should rely on the military to enforce policies and would be willing to engage in violence on behalf of the government.
Political Violence
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PREPRINT: Life Events and Change in Support for Political Violence in the United States

Findings from a 2023 Nationally Representative Survey

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Public Opinion on Civil War in the USA as of Mid-2024

Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

In mid-2024, the expectation that civil war was likely and the belief that it was needed were uncommon and were unchanged from 2023. Those expecting to participate as combatants in political violence reported openness to change.
Political Violence
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PREPRINT: The MAGA Movement and Political Violence in 2024

Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey

In mid-2024, MAGA Republicans were substantially more likely than non-MAGA non-Republicans to view political violence as justified and to endorse beliefs associated with violence. They were generally not more willing to commit such violence themselves.
Political Violence
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Factors that may influence uptake of private party background checks for firearm transfers

A mixed-method descriptive study

Given evidence that private party firearm transfers are common and frequently do not include background checks, efforts to establish conducting a private party background may be fruitful areas for future practice and research.
Firearm PolicyFirearm Acquisition and Ownership
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Effects of implementing permissive campus carry laws

Rates of major violence at public colleges and universities

The results do not provide clear evidence for a decrease or increase in the rates of major violent crime or burglary on public college and university campuses following the implementation of more permissive campus carry policies.
Firearm Policy
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Identifying high-risk firearms dealers

A machine learning study of rapidly diverted firearm sales in California

Firearms dealers can facilitate the diversion of guns to the criminal market through practices such as selling to straw purchasers or failing to conduct required background checks.
Firearm Acquisition and Ownership
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Trends in views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA, 2022–2024

Findings from a nationally representative survey

Contrary to expectation, support for and willingness to participate in political violence in this cohort showed little to no change from 2023 to 2024, an election year in the USA. These findings can help guide prevention efforts.
Political Violence
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The origins of California’s Gun Violence Restraining Order law

An analysis using Kingdon’s Multiple Streams framework

As the recently enacted “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act” provides $750 million in incentives to states that implement crisis intervention services, including ERPO laws, results from this case study may inform other states seeking to implement such polic
Firearm PolicyViolence in California
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Trends in domestic violence and firearm domestic violence during COVID-19 in five US cities

Findings demonstrate the importance of examining crime rates jurisdictionally to avoid aggregation bias and studying FDV specifically.
Family and Partner Violence

New study looks at attitudes towards political violence

Research reveals a complex mix of attitudes, concerns and beliefs about the state of democracy and the potential for violence.
Political Violence