Social-Chagne Models

These models and simulations have been tagged “Social-Chagne”.

The succession of incidents of gun violence in the USA seem
to be set to continue. This CLD explores what might be the major drivers behind
these incidents and what could be leverage points of intervention. The deeply
rooted believe that guns offer protection against assault with firearms has
been i
The succession of incidents of gun violence in the USA seem to be set to continue. This CLD explores what might be the major drivers behind these incidents and what could be leverage points of intervention. The deeply rooted believe that guns offer protection against assault with firearms has been identified as a major factor perpetuating the current situation. This false belief impedes sensible legislation to introduce tougher measures to control gun purchases. Proof of the existence of this belief is that the purchases of guns reliably increase after every mass shooting.   There have now been a number of  research papers that have shown that an increase in the access of firearms leads to an increase in gun violence. Guns kept in the home lead to children being injured or killed by guns, more suicides and killings  - the opposite of increased security. Please see the article below. Successfully challenging this cultural belief would probably reduce opposition to effective control on the acquisition of guns and in all probability the number of gun victims.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0804-hemenway-defensive-gun-home-20150730-story.html

The succession of incidents of gun violence in the USA seems to be set to continue. This CLD explores what might be the major drivers behind
these incidents and what could be leverage points of intervention. The deeply
rooted believe that guns offer protection against assault with firearms has
been
The succession of incidents of gun violence in the USA seems to be set to continue. This CLD explores what might be the major drivers behind these incidents and what could be leverage points of intervention. The deeply rooted believe that guns offer protection against assault with firearms has been identified as a major factor perpetuating the current situation. This false belief impedes sensible legislation to introduce tougher measures to control gun purchases. Proof of the existence of this belief is that the purchases of guns reliably increase after every mass shooting.   There have now been a number of  research papers that have shown that an increase in the access of firearms leads to an increase in gun violence. Guns kept in the home lead to children being injured or killed by guns, more suicides and killings  - the opposite of increased security. Please see the article below. Successfully challenging this cultural belief would probably reduce opposition to effective control on the acquisition of guns and in all probability the number of gun victims.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0804-hemenway-defensive-gun-home-20150730-story.html