Wielding a gun makes a shooter perceive others as wielding a gun, too
Contact for reporters: Jennifer Dimas jennifer.dimas@colostate.edu (970) 988-4265 or Anne Manning anne.manning@colostate.edu (607) 592-7387 Accidental shootings of unarmed victims are tragically common, and sometimes they happen because the shooter misperceived the victim as also having a gun. Nearly a decade …