What factors drive state firearm law adoption?
Each of the states in the U.S. has its own legislation about firearms. What are the factors that drive the…
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COVID-19’s Surprise Effect on 2020 U.S. Election
Futurity News has published a piece on the new research of Profs. Maurizio Porfiri, Manuel Ruiz Marín, and Pietro De…
Time Series Analysis Helps Uncover Why Gun Sales Increase After Mass Shootings – Podcast
Why do Americans purchase more firearms after mass shootings? Professor Maurizio Porfiri appeared as a guest on Data Science Conversations…
The role of the COVID-19 pandemic in the 2020 U.S. presidential elections
Can a pandemic affect the way people vote? Professors Maurizio Porfiri, Manuel Ruiz Marín, and Pietro De Lellis applied a…
Interview with Prof. Porfiri for Radio Free Brooklyn
Prof. Maurizio Porfiri was a guest of Radio Free Brooklyn‘s Objection to the rule on October 3rd, 2021. Professor talked…
A year into the first study about the firearm ecosystem
More than a year after the study “Media coverage and firearm acquisition in the aftermath of a mass shooting” was…
Start of the project
The award “LEAP-HI: Understanding and engineering the ecosystem of firearms: prevalence, safety, and firearm-related harms” (National Science Foundation grant CMMI-1953135)…