Gregg Lee Carter

Gun Control in the United States

A Reference Handbook

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Produktbeschreibung

This up-to-date second-edition work will stimulate and clarify readers' thinking on the key issues surrounding guns in the United States-especially on the debate over gun control. Most public debate and discussion about guns in U.S. society is rarely guided by research-not surprising, as most individuals have a personal opinion on this highly inflammatory topic based on their upbringing or personal experiences. Additionally, most research about gun use in America is confusing and contradictory, making it difficult for citizens to gain much from their attempts to investigate the topic objectively. This book offers concise, understandable coverage of all aspects of the issue, including incidence of gun violence; gun control; gun rights; government regulation, legislation, and court decisions; gun organizations (for gun control and for gun rights); gun enthusiast subcultures-for example, hunters, target shooters, and collectors; and U.S. attitudes toward guns. Many of the covered topics are placed in historical and cross-cultural perspective. The new edition of Gun Control in the United States: A Reference Handbook enables the reader to navigate and interpret the research to become sufficiently educated on any specific aspect of the gun issue to make an informed decision-for example, whether to support stricter or more lenient gun control; whether to become a gun owner; whether to support a particular political party or candidate; or whether to develop or to refine a particular philosophy regarding guns. Other aspects of the contemporary gun debate that are addressed include whether the Supreme Court's ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right will withstand future challenges, whether the strong gun regulations used in Europe would be effective and applicable in reducing gun violence in the United States, and whether the diversity explosion created by the high rate of immigration from countries where guns are strictly controlled will soon change the politics of the U.S. gun control debate.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: ABC-CLIO
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9781440835667
• ISBN-10: 1440835667
• Artikelnr.: 42607119

Autorenporträt

Gregg Lee Carter is professor of sociology at Bryant College, Smithfield, RI.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1 Background and History
Introduction
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
References
2 Problems
Controversies
and Solutions
Introduction
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
Open Carry
Gun Buyback Programs
The Law Enforcement Approach
Enforcement of Current Gun Control Laws
Gun-Focused/Place-Oriented Community Policing
Gun Courts
The Lawsuit Approach
Product Liability and Other Legal Theories Used in Gun Lawsuits
Immunity Legislation
Conclusion
References
3 Perspectives
Introduction
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. (1942-)
Michael Bloomberg (1942-)
Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (1947-)
William J. Clinton (1946-)
Philip J. Cook (1946-)
Dianne Feinstein (1933-)
Gabrielle Giffords (1970-)
David Hemenway (1945-)
Arthur L. Kellermann (1955-)
Barack H. Obama (1961-)
Charles E. Schumer (1950-)
Robert J. Spitzer (1953-)
Franklin E. Zimring (1942-)
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 (1946-)
Paul D. Clement (1966-)
Chris W. Cox (1978-)
Jay W. Dickey Jr. (1939-)
John D. Dingell (1926-)
Alan Merril Gottlieb (1947-)
Alan Gura (1971-)
Stephen P. Halbrook (1947-)
Marion Hammer (1938-)
Don B. Kates Jr. (1941-)
Gary Kleck (1951-)
David B. Kopel (1960-)
Wayne R. LaPierre Jr. (1950-)
John R. Lott Jr. (1958-)
Larry Pratt (1942-)
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
Introduction
Summaries of Key Federal Gun Laws
Mailing of Firearms Act (Miller Act) (1927)
National Firearms Act (1934)
Federal Firearms Act (1938)
Federal Aviation Act (1958)
Gun Control Act of 1968
Armed Career Criminal Act (1984)
Firearms Owners' Protection Act (McClure-Volkmer) (1986)
Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act (1986)
Undetectable Firearms Act (Terrorist Firearms Detection) (1988
Reauthorized 1998
2003
2013)
Crime Control Act (1990)
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (1993)
Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act (Assault Weapons Ban) (1994)
Gun-Free Schools Act (1994)
Lautenberg Amendment (Domestic Violence Offender Gun Ban) (1996)
GCA Firearms Safety Updates (1998)
The "Bailey Fix" (1998)
Nonimmigrant Aliens Firearms and Ammunition Amendments (2002)
Arming Pilots against Terrorism Act (2002)
Background Check Restriction ("Tiahrt Amendments") (2004)
Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act (2004
Amended 2010)
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (2005)
Child Safety Lock Act (2005)
NICS Improvement Act (2008)
Protecting the Right of Individuals to Bear Arms in the National Park and National Wildlife Refuge Systems (2009)
Amtrak Checked-Baggage Firearms Program (2010)
Key State Gun Laws
Selected Documents
The Second Amendment (1791)
District of Columbia v. Heller (2008)
6 Resources
Introduction
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
7 Chronology
Glossary
Index
About the Author