Gun control in the United States : a reference handbook
Record details
- ISBN: 9781440835667
- ISBN: 1440835667
- ISBN: 9781440835674
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Physical Description:
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xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Edition: Second edition.
- Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, An Imprint of ABC-CLIO, [2017]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1. Background and history : Gun prevalence, gun control, and violence : Cross-national comparisons -- The nature of gun violence in the United States : Victimization : Homicide ; Suicide ; Accidental death and injury ; Crime-related injury and assault ; Active-shooter, mass murder events -- Establishing causality: not an easy task : The knotty problems of causal direction and defensive gun use ; The magnification hypothesis -- The Second Amendment : How the proponents of gun control view the Second Amendment ; The gun rights view of the Second Amendment ; A limited individual right -- Public opinion and gun control : Do Americans want strict gun control? ; Social and economic correlates of support for gun control ; Is the will of the people being thwarted? -- The role of politics -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions : The public health approach : National violent death reporting systems ;Controlling guns in the home: child access protection laws ; Trigger locks, internal locks, and personalized "smart gun" technologies ; Cheap handgun control : Tracing crime guns to reduce illegal FFL trafficking; Controlling the trafficking of cheap handguns and other firearms: monitoring FFLs and one-gun-per-month laws ; Transportation of guns ; Assault weapons control, including high-capacity ammunition magazines ; Ballistic fingerprinting : Bullet serial numbers and microstamping ; Registration ; Licensing ; Training ; Point-of-sale controls : Background checks; The secondary market ; "Shall-issue" (right to carry) concealed weapons laws ; Gun buyback programs -- The law enforcement approach : Product liability and other legal theories used in gun lawsuits ; Immunity legislation -- 3. Perspectives : Stricter gun laws are reasonable and sensible / Robert J. Spitzer -- The United States doesn't need more gun laws, indeed fewer / Lawrence Southwick -- Whether gun laws should be strict depends on the type of law / David B. Kopel -- 4. Profiles : The gun control side: key individuals and organizations : Individuals : Joseph Biden Jr. ; Michael Bloomberg ; Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ; William J. Clinton ; Philip J. Cook ; Dianne Feinstein ; Gabrielle Giffords ; David Hemenway ; Arthur L. Kellermann ; Barack H. Obama ; Charles E. Schumer ; Robert J. Spitzer ; Franklin E. Zimring -- National organizations : Americans for Responsible Solutions/Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ; Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence/Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence ; Coalition to Stop Gun Violence/Educational Fund to Stop Gun Violence ; Everytown for Gun Safety ; Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health: Harvard Injury Control Research Center ; States United to Prevent Gun Violence ; United States Conference of Mayors ; Violence Policy Center ; Violence Prevention Research Program -- The gun rights side: key individuals and organizations : Individuals : George W. Bush ; Paul D. Clement ; Chris W. Cox ; Jay W. Dickey Jr. ; John D. Dingell ; Alan Merril Gottlieb ; Alan Gura ; Stephen P. Halbrook ; Marion Hammer ; Don B. Kates Jr. ; Gary Kleck ; David B. Kopel ; Wayne R. LaPierre Jr. ; John R. Lott Jr. ; Larry Pratt -- National organizations : Citizens COmmittee for the right to Keep and Bear Arms/Second Amendment Foundation ; Gun Owners of America ; National Rifle Association ; National Shooting Sports Foundation -- 5. Data and documents : Summaries of key federal gun laws : Mailing of Firearms Act (Miller Act) ; National Firearms Act ; Federal Firearms Act ; Federal Aviation Act ; Gun Control Act of 1968 ; Firearms Owners' Protection Act (McClure-Volkmer) ; Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act ; Undetectable Firearms Act (Terrorist Firearms Detection) ; Crime Control Act ; Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act ; Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (Assault Weapons Ban) ; Gun-Free Schools Act -- Lautenberg Amendment (Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban) ; GCA Firearms Safety Updates ; The "Bailey Fix" ; Nonimmigrant Aliens Firearms and Ammunition Amendments ; Arming Pilots against Terrorism Act ; Background Check Restriction ("Tiahrt Amendments") ; Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act ; Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act ; Child Safety Lock Act ; NICS Improvement Act ; Protecting the Right of Individuals to Bear Arms in the National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Systems ; Amtrak Checked-Baggage Firearms Program -- Key state gun laws -- Selected documents : The Second Amendment ; District of Columbia v. Heller -- 6. Resources : Gun violence: the United States vs. other economically developed nations -- The Second Amendment -- Public opinion -- The role of politics -- Gun control and gun violence: the public health approach -- Gun control and gun violence: the law enforcement approach -- Defensive gun use -- Chronology. |
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Kirtland Community College Library | HV 7436 .C37 2017 | 30775305540552 | General Collection | Available | - |