Gregg is a Professor of Sociology at Bryant University. He has authored or edited 26 books on contemporary social issues; his research has also appeared in more than a dozen academic journals. Gregg writes on gun violence, social demography, gender roles, and quantitative analysis -- among other topics.
The 1994 legislation was passed as part of an omnibus, anti-crime package that, while controversial, came amid concerns over the role high-powered firearms were playing in the US’s crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Calls to ban assault weapons regularly follow mass shootings but the effort remains stalled in the US Congress.