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Ashwini Tambe

Ashwini Tambe

Professor and Director, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Editorial Director, Feminist Studies, George Washington University

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Man in a gun shop

There are historical and psychological reasons why the legal age for purchasing assault weapons does not make sense

By: - June 10, 2022

The relatively young age of most mass shooters has ignited conversations about the minimum legal age for purchasing firearms.