Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gun policy lessons from the United States : keeping guns from high-risk individuals. Firearms and violent death in the United States / Matthew Miller, Deborah Azrael, and David Hemenway -- The limited impact of the Brady Act: evaluation and implications / Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig -- Preventing gun violence involving people with serious mental illness / Jeffrey W. Swanson, Allison Gilbert Robertson, Linda K. Frisman, Michael A. Norko, Hsiu-Ju Lin, Marvin S. Swartz, and Philip J. Cook -- Evidence for optimism: policies to limit batterers' access to guns / April M. Zeoli and Shannon Frattaroli -- Reconsidering the adequacy of current conditions on legal firearm ownership / Katherine A. Vittes, Daniel W. Webster, and Jon S. Vernick -- Broadening denial criteria for the purchase and possession of firearms: need, feasibility, and effectiveness / Garen J. Wintermute -- Comprehensive background checks for firearm sales : evidence from gun shows / Garen J. Wintermute -- Preventing the diversion of guns to criminals through effective firearm sales laws / Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, Emma E. McGinty, and Ted Alcorn -- Spurring responsible firearms sales practices through litigation: the impact of New York City's lawsuits against gun dealers on interstate gun trafficking / Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick -- Curtailing dangerous sales practices by licensed firearm dealers: legal opportunities and obstacles / Jon S. Vernick and Daniel W. Webster

Making gun laws enforceable. Enforcing federal laws against firearms traffickers: raising operational effectiveness by lowering enforcement obstacles / Anthony A. Braga and Peter L. Gagliardi

Gun policy lessons from the United States : high-risk guns. America's experience with the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, 1994-2004: key findings and implications / Christopher S. Koper -- Personalized guns: using technology to save lives / Stephen P. Teret and Adam D. Mernit

International case studies of responses to gun violence. Gun control in Great Britain after the Dunblane shootings / Michael J. North -- Rational firearm regulation: evidence-based gun laws in Australia / Rebecca Peters -- The big melt: how one democracy changed after scrapping a third of its firearms / Philip Alpers -- Brazil: gun control and homicide reduction / Antonio Rangel Bandeira

Second amendment. The scope of regulatory authority under the Second Amendment / Lawrence E. Rosenthal and Adam Winkler

Public opinion on gun policy. Public opinion on proposals to strengthen U.S. gun laws: findings from a 2013 survey / Emma E. McGinty, Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick and Colleen L. Barry.

Consensus recommendations for reforms to Federal gun policies.

"The staggering toll of gun violence-which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year-is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response. The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day. Selected recommendations include: Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm from any seller. ; High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm. ; Mental health: Focus federal restrictions on gun purchases by persons with serious mental illness on the dangerousness of the individual. ; Trafficking and dealer licensing: Appoint a permanent director to ATF and provide the agency with the authority to develop a range of sanctions for gun dealers who violate gun sales or other laws. ; Personalized guns: Provide financial incentives to states to mandate childproof or personalized guns. ; Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Ban the future sale of assault weapons and the future sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines. ; Research funds: Provide adequate federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Justice for research into the causes and solutions of gun violence. The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans-including gun owners-for stronger gun policies."--Publisher's website.