Because It Can Shed Light on How People Perceive Guns →

By the American Sociological Association & Harel Shapira, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

This month, as part of COSSA's ongoing Why Social Science? series on gun violence, we share a video produced by the American Sociological Association, a COSSA governing member. Are guns weapons or tools? It depends who you ask. Dr. Harel Shapira of the University of Texas at Austin explains how gun owners are socialized to view guns as tools for self-defense.

This video was originally produced by the American Sociological Association for their Sociological Insights video collection.