As gun deaths continue to rise in America, social scientists wonder why so many feel the need to carry firearms
Sonia Salari, associate professor of family and consumer studies, has spent her career
researching gun violence, focusing on domestic shootings and suicide. “It is devastating
to the families involved,” she said. “It makes a huge difference to children of the
victims, as well as those of the offenders.” The prevalence of guns in American households
makes it easier for people to act on destructive impulses that most likely would pass
in minutes or hours, Salari said. When there is no firearm in the home, there are
fewer homicides and suicides. Read more.