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About Melissa K. Merry

Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Louisville.  See profile: https://louisville.edu/politicalscience/about-us/political-science-faculty/melissa-merry

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Warped Narratives: Distortion in the Framing of Gun Policy

Posted by on January 29, 2020

Every year in America, gun violence claims more than 35,000 lives, with gun-related injuries accounting for more than twice that number. Despite this staggering problem, the federal government has taken very little action since in the mid-1990s. How do we account for this policy stalemate and, some would say, failure on the part of public […]