Fred Guttenberg, Thomas Gabor

American Carnage (eBook, ePUB)

Shattering the Myths That Fuel Gun Violence (School Safety, Violence in Society)

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Produktbeschreibung

Shooting Down Gun Violence Misinformation

"Don't tell me there's no such thing as gun violence. It happened in Parkland." ―Fred Guttenberg

#1 Best Seller in School Safety, Education Policy, and Law Enforcement Politics

Fred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, and International gun policy consultant Thomas Gabor team up in American Carnage to dismantle some of the most common myths about guns and gun violence.

A national disgrace. In America, over 40,000 die each year as a result of gun violence. Relative to other advanced countries, the U.S. has a dismal gun violence record. Gun law reforms could reduce the number of gun deaths, but many political challenges stand in the way. A widespread multi-year misinformation assault on truth by the gun lobby and gun-extremists sows doubt about the dangers of pervasive gun ownership, gun carrying, and potential effectiveness of gun laws.

Debunking popular gun myths. Countering with strong evidence-based research the many slogans and myths repeated incessantly by spokespersons for the gun lobby and its surrogates is essential if we are to have a society where kids can attend school safely and people can work and enjoy life without fear of being shot. Over the last 30 years, the NRA's campaign to achieve an armed society has succeeded in persuading many Americans that having a gun in the home or carrying a gun makes them safer. The evidence is overwhelming this is not the case. Guns in the home are far more likely to be used against a family member or in a suicide attempt than against an intruder. Tackling this and other myths is critical.

Myths and slogans exposed as false in American Carnage include:

• Gun owners frequently use firearms to fend off attackers
• An armed society is a safer society
• Guns don't kill people, people kill people

If you have read Trigger Points, The Violence Project, Warning Signs, or Fred Guttenberg's Find the Helpers, American Carnage is a must read.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mango Media
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781684812066
• Artikelnr.: 67302509

Autorenporträt

Winner of the 2023 American Spirt Award for Citizen Activism.

Fred Guttenberg began his public life after the murder of his beautiful fourteen-year-old daughter Jaime in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting on Feb 14, 2018. The day after the murder, Fred decided to attend a public vigil. While there, the mayor asked him to speak. His words shook a nation and he has not stopped since. Only four months prior to the murder of his daughter, Fred's brother Michael passed away in October 2017 from cancer related to his service in 9/11 in New York City. He was one of the original first responders at the World Trade Center with a team of doctors who got trapped in the WTC as it collapsed. Amazingly, the room that they hid out in did not collapse and Michael and his team of physicians spent sixteen days at ground zero taking care of others. Following his involvement in these two distinctly American tragedies, Fred has traveled the country talking about both events but also talking about perspective, perseverance, and resilience. He discusses pivotal moments in our lives and how we respond to those moments, using his speech to inspire others. Prior to these events, Fred Guttenberg's professional life included over a decade in sales and management with Johnson & Johnson, followed by almost fifteen years as an entrepreneur, having built a business including nineteen Dunkin Donuts. Fred and his wife Jennifer now spend time challenging elected officials to do more. They began a nonprofit organization dedicated to Jaime's life called "Orange Ribbons for Jaime." He has been a regular on TV news programs and myriad online and print media. The nonprofit is now his full-time mission.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Chapter 1: Combatting Misinformation on Gun Violence
Chapter 2: The Truth About Guns in US History and Culture
Myth: Gun Laws are a Recent Development
Myth: An Increasing Percentage of Americans Are Buying Guns
Myth: America Has An All-Encompassing Gun Culture
Myth: Most Americans Support an Expansive View of Gun Rights and Generally
Oppose Restrictions on Gun Ownership
Chapter 3: The Truth About Guns and Public Safety
Myth: An Armed Society is a Polite Society
Myth: The Only Consequences of Gun Violence are Murders
Myth: Gun Violence Numbers are Inflated Because they Include Suicides
Myth: Guns Make Women Safer
Myth: Arming Teachers Will Make Schools Safer
Myth: Gun Violence is Just a Problem in the Inner Cities
Chapter 4: The Truth About Guns and Assault Weapons
Myth: Guns Don’t Kill People, People Kill People
Myth: An AR-15-Style Rifle Is a Sporting Gun
Chapter 5: The Truth About Guns and Self-Defense Myth: Guns Provide a Net
Benefit to Society in That They Are More Likely to be Used for Protection
Than to Commit Crimes
Myth: There are 2.5 Million Defensive Gun Uses Per Year in the US
Myth: Right-to-Carry Laws Reduce Crime
Myth: Training Required of Concealed Weapons Permit Holders Prepares Them
for Effective Defensive Gun Use
Myth: All Concealed Weapons Permit Holders are “Good Guys”
Myth: Stand Your Ground Laws Save Lives
Myth: Most Mass Shootings Occur in Gun-Free Zones
Chapter 6: The Truth About the Causes of Gun Violence
Myth: The US has More Gun Deaths Than Other Countries Because It Is More
Violent and Not Due to Higher Gun Ownership or Weaker Gun Laws
Myth: Mass Shootings and Gun Violence are Primarily Due to the Mental
Illness of the Perpetrator
Chapter 7: The Truth about Guns and the Constitution
Myth: The Second Amendment Grants Americans the Right to Carry Any Firearm
into Any Setting
Chapter 8: The Truth about Guns and Freedom
Myth: Widespread Gun Ownership and Gun Carrying Increases Our Freedom
Myth: We Must Choose Between Public Safety and the Freedom to Own Guns
Myth: Gun Violence is the Price We Pay for Our Freedoms
Chapter 9: The Truth As to Why Guns Ought to be Regulated
Myth: We Need to Tackle the Root Causes of Violence and Stop Blaming Guns
Myth: Why Ban Guns When People Can Also be Killed with Knives, a Frozen
Ham, or Die in a Car or Pool?
Myth: Guns Don’t Matter Because People Will Find a Way to Kill Others or
Themselves Regardless of Gun Availability
Chapter 10: The Truth About Gun Laws and Gun Violence Prevention
Myth: Gun Violence Prevention Always Involves Changes to Laws and Public
Money
Myth: Switzerland and Israel have Relaxed Gun Laws and Low Murder Rates
Myth: Hitler Introduced Strict Gun Control to Repress the Population
Myth: We Don’t Need More Gun Laws; We Just Need to Enforce the Laws We Have
Myth: Gun Control Doesn’t Work. Chicago has Very Strict Laws and a Huge Gun
Violence Problem
Myth: Gun Owners and Nonowners Disagree on Every Form of Regulation
Myth: Bans and Restrictions Don’t Work as Criminals Don’t Obey the Law and
Can Buy Guns on the Illegal Market
Myth: Banning Firearms is Futile When So Many Weapons Are Already in
Civilian Hands
Myth: Gun Laws Are a First Step to the Complete Disarmament of the
Population (the Slippery Slope Argument)
Chapter 11: How to Combat Misinformation and Change the Focus from Gun
Rights to Public Safety
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Appendix A: A Declaration of the Right to Live Free from Gun Violence
Notes