Is it just 'toxic masculinity' that makes men so often the perpetrators of gun violence? The real answer may be much more complex.
In a 2017 Pew Research Center poll, 67% of gun owners said protection was a major reason for ownership, Iowa State professor Craig Rood noted inProtection was followed by: hunting, sport shooting, as part of a collection and for one's job.
Rood added,"I would bet most men acquire guns for commendable reasons: They want to protect themselves or their family, they enjoy hunting or they simply like guns. But the very presence of a gun in the home opens the possibility for accidents. Guns also heighten the risk for completed suicide and deadly intimate-partner violence."In this Jan. 7, 2017, file photo, people visit the Dallas Gun Show in Dallas, Texas.
In July, a 21-year-old Ohio man was charged for allegedly trying to carry out a mass shooting of women,He allegedly compared his"extremely empowering action" to Elliot Rodger, a 22-year-old man who carried out a mass shooting at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2014 after videotaping his rage over his rejection by women and vowed"retribution.
Peterson said she considers the lack of a social safety net, which impacts trauma and crisis, to be a uniquely American problem.
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