The weapons effect.

@article{Bushman2013TheWE,
  title={The weapons effect.},
  author={BJ Bushman},
  journal={JAMA pediatrics},
  year={2013},
  volume={167 12},
  pages={
          1094-5
        }
}
  • BJ Bushman
  • Published 1 December 2013
  • Political Science
  • JAMA pediatrics
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.... Language: en 
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