Politics of Gun Violence in the United States, PoliSciData.com Special Edition

About This Feature

Mass shootings occur regularly in the United States. The politics of gun violence is a uniquely American phenomena. How does gun violence affect policy and political behavior? Political Science Data featured this special edition in Winter 2022/23.

Replication Data from Peer-Reviewed Studies

Why Mass Shootings Boost Gun Control Support Despite Partisan Divides?
Mass Shootings
Gun Control Support
Public Policy Feedback
Contextual Effects
BJPS
1 Stata files
3 datasets
Dataverse

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Officer Involved Shootings: Do They Actually Reduce Citizen Contact?
Officer Involved Shootings
Citizen Contact
Regression Analysis
U.S. States
JOP
5 R files
3 datasets
Dataverse

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Understanding Mass Shootings' Impact on Political Attitudes
Mass Shootings
Political Attitudes
Policy Opinions
Anxiety Effects
R&P
1 Stata files
2 text files
Dataverse

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Race Shapes Perception of Police Shootings: Study Reveals Sharp Divides
Race Perception
Motivated Reasoning
Ferguson Dataset
Police Conduct
POP
5 R files
2 text files
Dataverse

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Gun Control Debate Intensifies Despite Mass Shootings
Gun Control Debate
Polling Data
Response Patterns
Guns
Social Policy
BJPS
15 Stata files
2 datasets
Dataverse

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Does Failing to Account for Early Exposure Bias Explain Mass Shootings?
Pre-Treatment Exposure
Panel Data Analysis
Causal Inference
Mass Shootings
BJPS
4 R files
1 datasets
Dataverse

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Mass Shootings Don't Boost Gun Control Support? New Study Challenges Assumption
Critical Events
Gun Control Support
Mass Shootings
US Adults
PSR&M
1 R files
1 Stata files
4 datasets
1 text files
Dataverse

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Racial Resentment and Whites' Gun Policy Preferences in Contemporary AmericaPol. Behav.
2 Stata files
Dataverse

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Gun Violence Shockwaves Fail To Sway Elections Despite Media Focus
Democratic Accountability
Regression Discontinuity Design
Issue Salience
APSR
2 R files
2 Stata files
35 datasets
1 text files
Dataverse

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