Citation

Bushman BJ. JAMA Pediatr. 2013; 167(12): 1094-1095.

Affiliation

School of Communication and Department of Psychology, The Ohio State University, Columbus2Department of Communication Science, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.3824

PMID

24145478

Abstract

On December 14, 2012, after shooting his mother, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot and killed 20 children and 6 employees at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. In the wake of the Newtown shootings, there has been considerable discussion about gun violence. What is conspicuously absent from these discussions, however, is the fact that just seeing guns can increase aggression....

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