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Our Brains Evolved to React to Guns as if They Were Spiders or Snakes
After each highly publicized mass shooting, there's a political debate about how to make them stop. Researchers and politicians alike present their arguments for certain gun laws, from background checks to assault rifle bans to safe storage.
[READ MORE] But Brad Bushman, a psychology and communications professor at Ohio State University, takes a broader view. Bushman researches the psychological mechanisms behind gun violence. And he points out something fascinating: Our brains have evolved to react to guns the same way our distant ancestors might have recoiled at the sight of a snake or a poisonous spider. |
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