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Gary Kleck

American criminologist

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Jan 13, 2026

How did Australia’s 1996 gun reforms change the frequency and lethality of mass shootings there?

Australia’s 1996 National Firearms Agreement (NFA) coincided with a dramatic interruption in mass-shooting events — 13 mass killings in the 18 years before the Port Arthur massacre and none in the two...

Nov 13, 2025

Criticisms of NCVS underreporting defensive gun uses

The core claim is that the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) undercounts defensive gun uses (DGUs); multiple analyses conclude this is plausible because , while other surveys and estimates pr...