Author : Kevin Balfe
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 24,77 MB
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1476739870
Examines the culture of violence, providing answers to the most commonly heard arguments on gun control.
Author : Hugh LaFollette
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 38,69 MB
Release : 2018-05-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0190873396
The gun control debate is more complex than we often acknowledge. What is often phrased as a single question -- should we have gun control -- Is actually made up of three distinct policy questions. First, who should we permit people to have guns? Second, which guns should be allowed? Thirdly, how should we regulate the acquisition, storage, and carrying of the guns people may legitimately own? To answer these questions we must decide whether (and which) people have a right to bear arms, what kind of right they have, and how stringent that right is. We must also evaluate divergent empirical claims about (a) the role of guns in causing harm, and (b) the degree to which private ownership of guns can protect innocent civilians from attacks by criminals, either in their homes or in public. Hugh LaFollette sorts through the conceptual, moral, and empirical claims to fairly assess arguments for and against serious gun control, and ultimately argues that the US needs far more gun control than we currently have in most jurisdictions.
Author : Andrew J. McClurg
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 33,32 MB
Release : 2002-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0814747590
The benefits of gun ownership -- The costs of firearms -- Philosophical roots of the right to arms and of opposition to the right -- The right to arms in the Second Amendment and state constitutions: cases and commentary -- Guns and identity: race, gender, class, and culture.
Author : David DeGrazia
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 36,91 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Law
ISBN : 0190251263
Americans have an ambivalent relationship to guns. The debate over the role of guns and gun regulations in American society tends to be acrimonious and misinformed. DeGrazia and Hunt bring the advantages of philosophical analysis to this highly-charged issue in the service of illuminating the strongest possible cases for and against (relatively extensive) gun regulations.
Author : Glenn H. Utter
Publisher : Grey House Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,99 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Firearms
ISBN : 9781592376728
With public perception of gun violence at an all-time high, this edition of Encyclopedia of Gun Control and Gun Rights is a must-have resource for all libraries. Providing 300-plus in-depth entries, this encyclopaedia is exceptional for its balanced and unbiased approach to this controversial issue.
Author : Harry L. Wilson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 19,69 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742553484
Gun-related violence remains an intractable problem despite a decline in the past decade. Some believe the solution lies in stricter gun control laws while others think these measures would be ineffective or counter-productive. Guns, Gun Control, and Elections examines current gun control policy and explains how it was adopted by discussing the roles and interactions of elected officials, interest groups, political parties, and the public. Original research on media coverage and public opinion as well as a chapter on state policy (Virginia) make the book both informative and accessible. The book focuses on the utility of gun policy, and its discussion of policy impact is grounded in real-world politics. Wilson also highlights the importance of gun control in the Presidential elections of 2000 and 2004 as well as in some U.S. Senate and statewide campaigns.
Author : Gary Kleck
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351486977
This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature reviews and statistical information, and adding two chapters.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 26,87 MB
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309091241
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy. Given the importance of this issue, there is a pressing need for a clear and unbiased assessment of the existing portfolio of data and research. Firearms and Violence uses conventional standards of science to examine three major themes - firearms and violence, the quality of research, and the quality of data available. The book assesses the strengths and limitations of current databases, examining current research studies on firearm use and the efforts to reduce unjustified firearm use and suggests ways in which they can be improved.
Author : Kristin Goss
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 2010-12-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1400837758
More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. Why? Disarmed unravels this paradox. Based on historical archives, interviews, and original survey evidence, Kristin Goss suggests that the gun control campaign has been stymied by a combination of factors, including the inability to secure patronage resources, the difficulties in articulating a message that would resonate with supporters, and strategic decisions made in the name of effective policy. The power of the so-called gun lobby has played an important role in hobbling the gun-control campaign, but that is not the entire story. Instead of pursuing a strategy of incremental change on the local and state levels, gun control advocates have sought national policies. Some 40% of state gun control laws predate the 1970s, and the gun lobby has systematically weakened even these longstanding restrictions. A compelling and engagingly written look at one of America's most divisive political issues, Disarmed illuminates the organizational, historical, and policy-related factors that constrain mass mobilization, and brings into sharp relief the agonizing dilemmas faced by advocates of gun control and other issues in the United States.
Author : Colin Greenwood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 15,24 MB
Release : 2023-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 100380814X
First published in 1972 Firearms Control is the result of research carried out at the Cambridge University Institute of Criminology, looks at the various problems involved in firearms control. Chief Inspector Greenwood, a serving police officer, makes use, in his investigation of the problem, of fascinating material not previously published or largely forgotten. He reveals massive and dangerous shortcomings in the official statistics, and his detailed and original findings show how badly the problem has been misunderstood. He examines closely current legislation and current policies, showing the effort they involve and the product of that effort. The findings of Firearms Control call into question many of the attitudes and theories which have hitherto been unquestioningly accepted. Colin Greenwood here recommends radical changes both in legislative and administrative attitudes to firearms control, with a view to reducing the burden on the police there by permitting them to devote their time to methods which are likely to be productive. The book will command attention of legislators and police, sociologists, statisticians, lawyers, and laymen.
