Post-Columbine students do not support gun control
ModelingStatisticsData analysis|statisticsposted by Allen Downey March 7, 2018
In their coverage of the Parkland school shooting, The Economist writes: Though polling suggests that young people are only slightly more in favour of gun-control measures than their elders, those surveys focus on those aged 18 and above. There may be a pre- and post-Columbine divide within that... Read more
Support for gun control is lower among young adults
ModelingStatisticsData analysis|statisticsposted by Allen Downey March 5, 2018
In current discussions of gun policies, many advocates of gun control talk as if time is on their side; that is, they assume that young people are more likely than old people to support gun control. This letter to the editor of the Economist summarizes the argument: It... Read more