Correcting misperceptions of gun policy support can foster intergroup cooperation between gun owners and non-gun owners

Past research finds that a majority of gun and non-gun owners support key gun safety policies, yet gun owners tend to underestimate other gun owners’ support for these policies. We predicted that these misperceptions of support might lead gun owners to view non-gun owners as being less similar to th...

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Main Authors: Mark W. Susmann, Graham N. Dixon, Brad J. Bushman, R. Kelly Garrett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9176832/?tool=EBI