Webinar: Guns in America - The Effect of Violence on Public Anxiety
When it comes to gun violence, we are living in an era of unprecedented anxiety. It’s significantly more anxiety than we felt at the height of the Cold War and in the immediate wake of the 9/11 attacks. What’s different about gun violence? It turns out that a shocking number of us (29%) have personally experienced unexpected gunfire or know someone who has (38%). It’s an actual threat in every community. It’s not theoretical. It’s real. Join Dr. Joel Dvoskin, Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA), and former member of the APA Policy Task Force on Reducing Gun Violence, to learn more about the following:
- How Americans’ anxiety about gun violence affects the businesses they patronize
- How anxiety around gun violence differs by geographic and demographic categories
- Steps that businesses can take to alleviate Americans’ anxiety about gun violence
