Gun Ownership and Life Satisfaction in the United States.
Objective: Although there is little empirical evidence linking gun ownership with personal well‐being, speculation is widespread in gun culture. In this article, we test whether people who own guns are more or less satisfied with their lives than people who do not own guns. Methods: We employ data c...
| Publicado en: | Social Science Quarterly (Wiley-Blackwell) Vol. 101; no. 5; pp. 2121 - 2137 |
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