Benjamin Hansen

University of Oregon Website

Benjamin Hansen is the W.E. Miner Professor of Economics at the University of Oregon. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Voting History

Mass violence

Red flag laws, allowing police or family members to petition a court to temporarily remove firearms from a person who presents a danger to themselves or others, would reduce the frequency or severity of mass violence.

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Agree 7
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Agree 7
Comments

Universal background checks, which would require almost all firearm sales in the US to go through the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, would reduce the frequency or severity of mass violence.

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Agree 7
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Agree 5
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Increasing the presence of armed security at schools and other public venues would reduce the frequency or severity of mass violence.

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Neutral/No Opinion 5
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Neutral/No Opinion 5
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Those committing mass violence often seek environments with little protection or security. So this may hold true to some degree, but I'm not sure if it would just displace the violence elsewhere. There's also other consequences to armed police forces or security in public schools.