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48. The Hidden Consequences of School Shootings

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Gunsails

Gunsails skyrocket when people feel like they're at personal risk for one reason or another. Jo, do you think this phenomenon is generalizable? This could be a parkland phenomenon. It could be related to things other than school shootings. What matters in terms of these spikes is there something happening in the world that's generating a tremendous amount of uncertainty.

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