“How Modern Bullets Maximize Lethality,” with Stephen Hargarten, in Vital City, Issue 13: 400 Million Guns (or More): The Supply Side of America’s Gun Problem, Sept. 10, 2025.

Writers and commentators in the media often refer to guns as a single type of product. In fact, there are a wide range of firearms and ammunition sold in the United States today, representing a wide spectrum of lethality. Moreover, the design, construction and performance of firearms and ammunition today is dramatically different from in the past. Understanding the distinctions and historical evolution of arms and ammunition is essential to informing policy and program efforts to address and prevent firearm-related harm.


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Jennifer Tucker is a historian who studies the interrelations of art and science, photography, and mass visual culture, with a specialization in 19th to mid-20th century British, U.S., and trans-Pacific history. The common threads in her diverse research fields are the dynamics of visual media in modern history, the nature of evidence, public perceptions and practices of history, and the interrelationships of science, technology, and the law.

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