The gun debate : what everyone needs to know /
"No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest group...
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | What everyone needs to know.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- The Gun Debate
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- The Gun Debate
- 1 America and Its Guns
- What Is a Gun?
- What Is the Problem with Guns?
- How Many Americans Own How Many Firearms?
- Who Owns the Guns?
- Why Do People Choose to Own Guns-or Not?
- How Many Guns Do Gun Owners Own?
- Is Gun Ownership Rising or Falling?
- What Role Do Shooting Sports Play in American Life?
- Has Participation in Gun Sports Declined?
- What Are the Common Types of Modern Firearms?
- Why Do Gun Owners Usually Have Several Guns?
- What Is an Assault Weapon?
- What Devices Are Available to Prevent Misuse?
- 2 The Value of Guns for Self-Protection and Combating Tyranny
- Why Is Self-Defense Central to the Debate over Gun Control?
- Is a Gun an Effective Means of Self-Protection against an Assailant?
- How Often Are Guns Used in Self-Defense?
- What Are the Risks and Benefits of Keeping a Firearm in the Home for Protection?
- Do Burglars Avoid Neighborhoods Where Residents Keep Guns in the Home?
- How Many People Are Licensed to Carry a Gun?
- What Is It Like to Carry a Concealed Gun?
- Does Society Benefit If More Civilians Carry Concealed Weapons?
- Do Americans Believe That Guns Make Us Safer?
- Do Americans Believe That Guns Make Our Democracy Stronger?
- Do Guns Protect against Tyranny, Even Genocide?
- 3 The Costs of Gun Violence
- How Many Americans Are Killed or Injured by Gunfire?
- Is Gun Violence Rising or Falling in America?
- Why Are Attacks with Guns of Any More Concern Than Attacks with Other Weapons?
- Does the Availability of a Firearm Increase the Risk of Suicide?
- Who Is at Risk for Being Shot?
- How Has Gun Violence Touched National Political Life?
- What Is a Mass Shooting?
- Are US Mass Shootings Increasing?
- What Are the Worst Mass Shootings in History?
- Are There Common Elements in Mass Shootings?
- Does the United States Have More Crime Than Other Countries?
- How Much Does Gun Violence Cost America?
- 4 Causes of Gun Violence
- Who Can Be Trusted with a Gun?
- Do More Guns Cause More Crime-or Less?
- Is Gun Violence Closely Linked to Other Types of Violence?
- What Do Israel and Switzerland Teach Us about the Importance of Gun Ownership as a Cause of Gun Violence?
- Do Cultural Differences Help Account for Differences in Levels of Gun Violence?
- Do the Media Contribute to Gun Violence in America?
- What about Violent TV and Movies?
- What about Copycat Crimes?
- What about Violent Video Games?
- What Do We Know about the Connection between Mental Health and Gun Violence?
- 5 Manufacture and Marketing of Guns
- How Large Is the Gun Industry in America?
- How Is Firearms Production Organized?
- How Does the Industry Market Its Products?
- What Is Required to Become a Licensed Dealer?
- How Many Guns Does an Average Dealer Sell in a Year? A Successful Dealer?
- How Are Dealers Regulated?
- What Fraction of Gun Transactions Go through Licensed Dealers?
- What Are Gun Shows, and Why Are They Problematic?
- Can Guns Be Sold on the Internet? Ammunition?
- What Is the Supply Chain for Guns Used in Crime?
- How Are Illicit Gun Markets Different from Illicit Drug Markets?
- How Do American Dealers Supply Gangs in Mexico and Canada?
- How Many Guns Are Stolen Each Year?
- How Do Criminals Obtain Their Guns?
- 6 How America Regulates Firearms
- Generally Speaking, How Does America Regulate Guns?
- What Is the Second Amendment?
- What Gun Controls Are Unconstitutional under the Second Amendment-and What Laws Are Presumed to Be Lawful?
- How Many Gun Laws Are There?
- What Are the Key Gun Control Laws?
- Which States Have the Strongest Laws, and Which Have the Weakest?
- If I Want to Buy a Gun, What Is the Process?
- Who Is Barred from Owning a Firearm?
- Who Enforces Gun Control Laws?
- What Are the Challenges of Enforcing Gun Laws?
- How Do US Laws Compare to Those in Other Countries?
- Why Aren't Guns Treated Like Other Consumer Products-Cars, Toys, Even Cigarettes?
- Do Stand-Your-Ground Laws Reduce Violence-or Increase It?
- 7 Effectiveness of Firearms Policy
- With 200 to 300 Million Guns in Civilian Hands, Is There Any Point in Regulating Firearms?
- Did the Federal Assault Weapons Ban Reduce Gun Violence? What about the 1934 Law on Machine Guns?
- What Do the Handgun Bans in Chicago and Washington, DC, Teach Us about the Effectiveness of Gun Control?
- Do Gun Buy-Backs Reduce Gun Violence?
- What Measures Are Effective in Reducing Gun Trafficking?
- Do Federal Prosecutions of "Felon in Possession" Cases Deter Gun Crime?
- Was the Brady Act Effective in Reducing Homicide and Suicide?
- What Is the "Private Sale Loophole," and What Would Be Gained from Closing It?
- How Effective Is the Federal Law That Disqualifies Perpetrators of Domestic Violence?
- What Is the Evidence for Disqualifying Those with Violent Misdemeanors?
- Should Disqualification as a Result of Criminal Record Be for Life?
- What Are the Most Promising Strategies for Keeping Guns Away from Those Who Are Dangerous to Themselves or Others because of Me
- Do State Authorities Seek to Disarm Newly Disqualified People?
- Do Sentencing Enhancements Reduce Gun Use in Violent Crime?
- Is Targeted Policing against Guns Productive?
- How Effective Are Hunting Regulations on Firearms Safety?
- 8 Guns and Gun Control in History
- Is There a Uniquely American Gun Culture?
- Where Does the Gun Culture Come From?
- Was There Gun Control in Frontier America?
- Is Gun Control an Effort to Protect the Elite against Minorities and Immigrants?
- How Have Laws Governing Carrying and Self-Defense Changed over Time?
- Did Hitler's Gun Control Laws Cause the Holocaust?
- 9 Public Opinion and Political Party Positions on Guns
- Do Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws?
- Who Supports Gun Control, and Who Supports Gun Rights?
- Why Is the Issue of Guns and Gun Control So Emotional for Many People?
- Do High-Profile Shootings Shift Public Opinion on Gun Policy?
- Where Do the Democratic and Republican Parties Stand on Gun Control?
- Does Support for Gun Control Cost Candidates Their Elections?
- 10 The Gun Rights Movement
- What Is the Gun Rights Movement?
- Why Is the Gun Lobby So Strong?
- Are Gun Rights Supporters More Intense Than Gun Control Supporters?
- How Has the NRA Shaped Gun Control Policy?
- Does the NRA Represent the Firearms Industry?
- 11 The Gun Control Movement
- What Is the Gun Control Movement?
- Why Is the Gun Control Movement Relatively Weak?
- What Happens after a High-Profile Shooting?
- Do the Media Favor Gun Control?
- 12 What Sorts of Gun Policies Might Be Politically Acceptable Going Forward?
- Notes
- References
- Index.
