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Abstract

The effects of mass shootings on voting are limited by temporal and spatial proximity, suggesting that salience drives pro-gun control mobilization.

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Fig. 1.. Recent trend in mentions of crime and guns as the United States’ top problem.
Based on U.S. adults. The peaks in concern over guns/gun control occur after a school shooting in Parkland, Florida (February 2018), a shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas (August 2019), and shootings at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and a Buffalo, New York supermarket (May 2022). Credit: Ashley Mastin/Science Advances. Adapted from .

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