The Battle on the Second Amendment. The Issue of Private Ownership of Guns in the United States by Laura Corti

“… The Second Amendment of the American Constitution arguably contains the formulation of the citizen’s right to a private ownership of guns. This amendment, however, has been the protagonist of interpretative battles that have reached the Supreme Court of the United States, and that continue today despite the decision of the Court. …”
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Who bought a gun during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States?... by Brian M Hicks, Catherine Vitro, Elizabeth Johnson, Carter Sherman, Mary M Heitzeg, C Emily Durbin, Edelyn Verona

“…There was a large spike in gun purchases and gun violence during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. …”
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Bankruptcy, guns or campaigns : explaining armed organizations' post-war trajectories by Daly, Sarah Zukerman

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Gun Laws and Gun Deaths: An Empirical Analysis and Theological Assessment by Conor M. Kelly

“…The article draws on empirical data about the correlations between firearm availability and firearm mortality rates both internationally and within the United States to lay the foundation for a more nuanced evaluation of gun control laws, consistent with the expectation that Catholics will engage political life thoughtfully and with prudential judgment.…”
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Natural Law’s Return: Uncovering the Roots of Intractability on Guns as Prelude to New Growth by John E. Carter

“…This essay offers an overview of the recent legal history and politics which have contributed to current intractability on gun issues in the United States. …”
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Why So Silent? The Supreme Court and the Second Amendment Debate After DC v. Heller by Emma Long

“…But as the debate about gun rights returned to the top of the political agenda in the United States as a result of a series of high profile mass shootings in 2015 and the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, two things became clear: that Heller had not ended the political or legal debate about Second Amendment rights and that the Supreme Court had been noticeably absent from the debate since applying the Heller ruling to the states in McDonald v. …”
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Visualizing how race, support for Black Lives Matter, and gun ownership shape views of the U.S. Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021 by Bucci, R, Kirk, DS, Sampson, RJ

“…Protest movements linked to racial inequality in policing and antigovernment sentiment have roiled the United States in recent years. In this visualization, the authors examine how race, support for Black Lives Matter (BLM), and gun ownership predict views about the political uprising of January 6, 2021, at the U.S. …”

Daycare shooting in Thailand: Time to address firearm violence as a global health issue by Yasmine Syifa Nabila Budi, Fabiola Cathleen, Manatee Jitanan, Oraphan Butkatunyoo, Adriana Viola Miranda

“…Although firearm violence is commonly associated with the United States, it is also a problem worldwide, causing long‐lasting health issues and huge economic burden. …”
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Marginal Structural Models to Estimate Causal Effects of Right-to-Carry Laws on Crime by Willem M. Van Der Wal

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Views of democracy and society and support for political violence in the USA: findings from a nationally representative survey by Garen J. Wintemute, Sonia L. Robinson, Andrew Crawford, Daniel Tancredi, Julia P. Schleimer, Elizabeth A. Tomsich, Paul M. Reeping, Aaron B. Shev, Veronica A. Pear

“…Nearly 1 in 5 (18.9%, 95% CI 18.0%, 19.9%) agreed strongly or very strongly that “having a strong leader for America is more important than having a democracy”; 16.2% (95% CI 15.3%, 17.1%) agreed strongly or very strongly that “in America, native-born white people are being replaced by immigrants,” and 13.7% (95% CI 12.9%, 14.6%) agreed strongly or very strongly that “in the next few years, there will be civil war in the United States.” One-third of respondents (32.8%, 95% CI 31.7%, 33.9%) considered violence to be usually or always justified to advance at least 1 of 17 specific political objectives. …”
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Another unification of Europe by Zielonka, J

Netanyahu's dilemma : from the war in Gaza to the war at home by James M. Dorsey

“…Prime Minister Benjamin is likely to face significant political problems at home and a far less empathetic environment abroad once the guns fall silent in Gaza. …”
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Ten new insights in climate science 2021: a horizon scan by Maria A. Martin, Olga Alcaraz Sendra, Ana Bastos, Nico Bauer, Christoph Bertram, Thorsten Blenckner, Kathryn Bowen, Paulo M. Brando, Tanya Brodie Rudolph, Milena Büchs, Mercedes Bustamante, Deliang Chen, Helen Cleugh, Purnamita Dasgupta, Fatima Denton, Jonathan F. Donges, Felix Kwabena Donkor, Hongbo Duan, Carlos M. Duarte, Kristie L. Ebi, Clea M. Edwards, Anja Engel, Eleanor Fisher, Sabine Fuss, Juliana Gaertner, Andrew Gettelman, Cécile A.J. Girardin, Nicholas R. Golledge, Jessica F. Green, Michael R. Grose, Masahiro Hashizume, Sophie Hebden, Helmke Hepach, Marina Hirota, Huang-Hsiung Hsu, Satoshi Kojima, Sharachchandra Lele, Sylvia Lorek, Heike K. Lotze, H. Damon Matthews, Darren McCauley, Desta Mebratu, Nadine Mengis, Rachael H. Nolan, Erik Pihl, Stefan Rahmstorf, Aaron Redman, Colleen E. Reid, Johan Rockström, Joeri Rogelj, Marielle Saunois, Lizzie Sayer, Peter Schlosser, Giles B. Sioen, Joachim H. Spangenberg, Detlef Stammer, Thomas N.S. Sterner, Nicola Stevens, Kirsten Thonicke, Hanqin Tian, Ricarda Winkelmann, James Woodcock

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China’s Landmass and Maritime Relations on the Edges: The Implications of Russia-Ukraine Conflict on the Cases of Kazakhstan and the Philippines by Aliya Peleo, Hugo Tierny

“…On the western side of the Eurasian landmass, the armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine is conjoined to disputes over the limits of Russian and European political and economic influence. On the eastern side, economic disputes between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America will, if militarized, have severe consequences for the US-aligned governments particularly at the Eastern periphery of China. …”
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Mandatory Vaccines Will Not Ease Fears by Dallas Ducar

“…This means that this community, along with others in the United States, has lower vaccination rates than countries suffering from extreme poverty and civil war. …”
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Russian Emigrants in China in the 1920–1930s: Two Civil Wars on the Same Life Route by Yuliya Blagoder

“…Against the background of political games, battles, the formation and destruction of military alliances, the story of former Russian military and civilians unfolds, who, in search of earnings and / or for ideological reasons, fought in the ranks of the military units of the Chinese militarists in the 1920–1930. …”
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Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): Briefing on Truth, Reconciliation, and Healing Toward a Unified Future Thursday, July 18, 2019

“…It touches 32 states in America. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the river that became the center around which the United States flourished. …”
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Maschinengewehre und ein Wettbewerb der Revolutionsprojekte: Der Prozess gegen Ėduard Limonov by Matthias Meindl

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Policies Affecting Pregnant Women with Substance Use Disorder by Colburn Yu

“…Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Incidence and Health Care Costs in the United States, 2016. JAMA Pediatr. 2020;174(2):200-202. doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4791 [22] Ghose R, Forati AM, Mantsch JR. …”
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Marketing madness by Anne Zimmerman

“…[x] For an example of corporate free speech, Citizens United v. FEC, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) allowed corporations to support political candidates. …”
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