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Christopher Kilmartin

Christopher Kilmartin is Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of Mary Washington. He is an author, trainer, and activist in preventing violence in schools, the military, and the workplace internationally.

A Springfield Armory Hellcat 9mm micro-sized pistol that has fired 20,000 rounds is displayed with ammunition shell casings during the National Rifle Association (NRA) Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas on May 28, 2022. - America's powerful National Rifle Association kicked off a major convention in Houston Friday, days after the horrific massacre of children at a Texas elementary school, but a string of high-profile no-shows underscored deep unease at the timing of the gun lobby event. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)

Ending gun violence isn’t an “either/or” question: It must be a “both/and”

Christopher Kilmartin, Ronald F. Levant
Adult man in the dark (Getty Images/Jasmin Merdan)

The masculine ideal of suppressing one’s feelings has all kinds of awful repercussions

Christopher Kilmartin, Ronald F. Levant