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Chicago
They fear for their safety.
Data
The image of the U.S. firearm owner is shifting, a definitive survey shows. Urban American women explain the change: "Women are the prey."
Culture
Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are "just accumulators." They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17.
Because the CDC avoids most gun research, it is up to academics to fill the gap.
Domestic Violence
A statistical guide to firearms, intimate partner abuse, and the children, parents, and police who become victims, too.
Armed With Reason
Research and personal experience show that guns are unlikely to be a deterrent to theft — and may even encourage it.
The results of a major survey of firearms owners corroborate a hotly contested statistic.
A forthcoming Harvard survey suggest that more Americans own a sizable stockpile of firearms than there are residents of Denmark.
Gun Policy
States in the top five for gun ownership had three times the rate of law enforcement homicides, per capita, than states in the bottom five.