" /> Jennifer Carlson | Duke Center for Firearms Law
Duke Center for Firearms Law
Duke Law logo

About Jennifer Carlson

Professor of Sociology, University of Arizona.  See profile: https://sociology.arizona.edu/people/jennifer-carlson

Written by Jennifer Carlson

Firearms Law Workshop Mini-Symposium, Part II: Gun Politics in Blue

Posted by on August 21, 2019

August 14 was a terrifying day for Philadelphia. For seven hours, Philadelphia police officers engaged in a hostage standoff with a suspect armed with an illegally possessed AR-15 and handgun. The incident left six police officers injured. Since then, calls for gun control have surged both from within the law enforcement community and on behalf […]