Addressing Gun Violence: The Debate on Gun Policy

In this episode, Professor of Economics Matthew Lang talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about gun violence and gun control.

FEATURING Matthew Lang

September 12th, 2022

41 MINUTES AND 30 SECONDS

In this episode, Professor of Economics Matthew Lang talks with a student from the UC Riverside School of Public Policy about gun violence and gun control.

About Matthew Lang:

Professor Lang is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the University of California, Riverside. His research focuses on a variety of areas, including Applied Microeconomics, Mental Health, and Firearms sales.

Learn more about Matthew Lang via https://sites.google.com/site/matthewdlang18/home

Podcast Highlights:

“The relationship between firearm access and suicide is significantly stronger in the research than firearm access and homicide.”

- Matthew Lang on the topic of the role mental health plays in gun violence.

“COVID increased uncertainty...everyone was fearful and uncertain.”

- Matthew Lang on the topic of COVID and firearm sales.

“As much as we talk about firearms as a polarizing topic in policy...we think there's a massive partisan divide when it comes to firearms; I don't believe that. I don't think the overlap between gun rights and gun control is that far off. I think there's more overlap than media in general wants to admit.”

- Matthew Lang on the role media plays in the gun debate.

Guest:

Matthew Lang (Professor of Economics)

Interviewer:

Kevin Karami (UCR Public Policy Major, Dean’s Chief Ambassador)

Music by:

C Codaine

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This is a production of the UCR School of Public Policy: https://spp.ucr.edu/