The conversation on guns /
"James Densley collects articles from non-profit, independent news organization, The Conversation, to present an important primer on how the U.S. became so saturated with guns and its impact on American life"--
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Baltimore :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Critical conversations.
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Table of Contents:
- Part I. Why America is a gun country
- Five types of gun laws the founding fathers loved
- Three enduring stories Americans tell about guns
- How the 'good guy with a gun' became a deadly American fantasy
- American gunculture is based on frontier mythology but ignores how common gun restrictions were in the Old West
- How the NRA evolved from backing a 1934 ban on machine guns to blocking nearly all firearm restrictions today
- The key role firearms makers play in America's gun culture
- Hollywood's love of guns increases the risk of shootings--both on and off set
- If you give a man a gun : the evolutionary psychology of mass shootings
- Want to understand gun owners? Watch their videos
- Why were medieval weapons laws at the center of a US Supreme Court case?
- Part II. The many forms of gun violence
- Norway and Finland have similar levels of gun ownership as the US but far less gun crime
- The facts on US children and teens killed by firearms
- How easy access to guns at home contributes to America's youth suicide problem
- How dangerous people get their weapons in America
- Gun violence in the US kills more Black people and urban dwellers
- Why do American cops kill so many compared to European cops?
- Police are more likely to kill men and women of color
- Don't shoot : when Dallas police draw their guns, they usually choose not to fire
- Are mass shootings an American epidemic?
- Part III. The trauma of school shootings
- Why there's so much inconsistency in school shooting data
- School shootings are at a record high--but they can be prevented
- Five ways to reduce school shootings
- Most school shooters get their guns from home--and during the pandemic, the number of firearms in households with teenagers went up
- Arming teachers : an effective security measure or a false sense of security?
- Part IV. The effects of gun violence
- The lasting consequences of school shootings on the students who survive them
- Mass shootings leave behind collective despair, anguish, and trauma at many societal levels
- Gun violence has fueled enduring trust issues for many Americans
- Why Americans bought more guns than ever during the pandemic
- Are looser gun laws changing the social fabric of Missouri?
- Part V. The politics and policies of gun control
- How US gun control compares to the rest of the world
- Public database reveals striking differences in how guns are regulated from state to state
- US tragedies from guns have often--but not always--spurred political responses
- Supreme Court swept aside New York's limits on carrying a gun, raising Second Amendment rights to new heights
- Red flag laws saved 7,300 Americans from gun deaths in 2020 alone and could have saved 11,400 more
- Would closing the 'boyfriend loophole' in gun legislation save lives? Here's what the research says
- Why the legal age for purchasing assault weapons does not make sense
- Did the assault weapons ban of 1994 bring down mass shootings? Here's what the data tells us
- Why is there so little research on guns in the US?
- Public health research reduced smoking deaths--it could do the same for gun violence
- Indianapolis is trying programs ranging from job skills to therapy to reduce gun violence
- Part VI. Technology and the future of gun ownership
- Why do gun-makers get special economic protections?
- World's deadliest inventor: Mikhail Kalashnikov and his AK-47
- What are 'ghost guns'?
- 3D-printed guns may be more dangerous to their users than to targets
- What makes a 'smart gun' smart?
