BRIDGS Fellow Megan Kang examines the US's unparalleled levels of gun ownership

In a new Aeon essay, Megan Kang (PhD candidate at Princeton University and BRIDGS Emergent Fellow) analyzes the present-day prevalence of guns in US society by looking to 20th century history--and drawing on a unique dataset developed by Kang and her colleague Elizabeth Rasich. As she writes,"From the mid-20th century to today, guns also changed from playing a relatively minor role in US crime to taking centre-stage." 

Find out what changed in the full article here.