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American conservatism and gun rights

The relationship between American conservatism and the advocacy for gun rights

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Jan 13, 2026

are mass shootings more because guns are too easily accessible, or due to mental health issues?

The evidence in peer-reviewed research and expert summaries rejects a single-cause answer: mass shootings are not primarily explained by diagnosable mental illness alone, nor solely by gun accessibili...

Jan 11, 2026

Has Charlie Kirk proposed specific gun policy changes or legislation?

Available reporting documents Charlie Kirk’s public defenses of broad Second Amendment rights and comments that accept some gun deaths as the “cost” of preserving those rights, but it does not show hi...