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A Gun in the Vehicle Triggers Aggressive Driving
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Debates about "open carry" laws usually revolve around gun owners' rights. The psychological effect of having all those guns around is seldom discussed—which is odd, considering that 50 years of research suggests the mere presence of a firearm tends to bring out people's aggressiveness.
There is now evidence that this dynamic extends to a specific and dangerous scenario: driving an automobile.
In a newly published study, "people drove more aggressively when a gun was present in their car—even though they did not put the gun there," reports a research team led by Brad Bushman of Ohio State University. |
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jac
(8/12/2017)
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Sounds like some liberal with an agenda published a study based on his prejudices instead of facts.
When I carry, it only makes me less likely to get into a confrontation. Same with all my friends.
I expect this study will be soundly debunked in time. |
Comment by:
PHORTO
(8/12/2017)
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What unmitigated poppycock. |
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We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal. — Pete Shields, founder of Handgun Control, Inc., New Yorker Magazine, June 26, 1976, pg. 53 |
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