​Women and Guns: A Complicated and Changing Relationship

​Please join us for an evening of thoughtful discussion and community as we dive into a sample of papers from this issue.

​America’s gun conversation typically centers on men’s experiences (perhaps unsurprising, since men account for 86% of all firearm deaths), but American women are a crucial part of the conversation.

​In Women and Guns: A Complicated and Changing Relationship, we explore the unique ways that women interact with firearms (in both legal and illicit ways), the unique challenges they face within the legal system, and what we know about their rates of firearm injury.

​Panelists:

• ​Necole Muhammad, Cofounder of the Chicago CRED Women's Center and Site Manager

• ​Andrew Morral, RAND

• ​Erdal Tekin, American University

​The panel will be moderated by journal co-editor, Kerri Raissian, the Executive Director of the Yale School of Public Health’s Firearm Injury Prevention Initiative and Niskanen Senior Fellow.

​Agenda:

​4:00-5:00pm: Happy hour

​5:00-6:00pm: Panel and Q&A

​6:00-6:30pm: Dessert hour and socialization

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