Guns in America /
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- xiii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- The reference shelf ; volume 89, number 1 .
- Reference shelf ; v. 89, no. 1. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-178) and index.
Firearms in America: personal liberty versus collective responsibility -- Gun debate: is price of an armed America a more dangerous America? / Most Americans believe we should have gun regulation / Gun research faces roadblocks and a dearth of data / The Senate voted on 4 popular gun control proposals Monday: here's why none of them passed / The gun fight in Congress / As Congress returns, Democrats and Republicans clash over gun control / Perspectives on gun policy -- A gun lover's case for gun control: not all of us believe in the right to bear assault weapons / How I got licensed to carry a concealed gun in 32 states by barely trying / It's time to ban guns. Yes, all of them / The gun control "terror gap": what is it-and why hasn't Congress fixed it? / Anti-gun hysteria is hazardous to your health / Four major problems with gun control arguments / Inside the power of the NRA / A criminologist's case against gun control / Guns in the global sphere -- Why America isn't the only country that wants guns for self-defense / Why the gun lobby is winning -- US gun policy: global comparisons / How US gun control compares to the rest of the world / Trends in the gun debate -- Untangling gun violence from mental illness / How racial prejudice helps drive opposition to gun control / The home-grown threat -- What public health researchers want you to know about gun control / Blaming gun violence on the mentally ill is easy, but ignorant / Fixation on terrorism blinds US to domestic threats to national security / How to prevent gun deaths? Where experts and the public agree / Alternative futures in gun policy -- Donald Trump's big gun idea? Literally stolen from Tim Kaine / Gun control advocates find a deep-pocketed ally in big law / Under Donald Trump, what will happen on guns? / Gun laws and terrorism: an American nightmare / Quantifying the social cost of firearms: a new approach to gun control / Patrick Jonsson -- Ann Christiano, Annie Neimand -- Meghan Rosen -- Amber Phillips -- Jelani Cobb -- Josh Siegel -- Ron Cooper -- Tim Murphy -- Phoebe Maltz Bovy -- Andrew Gumbel -- David French -- Dustin Murphy -- Robert Draper -- Jacob Davidson -- Jennifer Carlson -- Jonathan Masters -- John Donahue -- Julie Beck -- Alexandra Filindra -- Ziming Xuan and Sandro Galen -- Jason Powers -- Michael A. Cohen -- Quoctrung Bui and Margot Sanger-Katz -- Brandy Zadrozny -- Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Ben Protess -- Michele Gorman -- John Cassidy -- Timothy M. Smith. 1. Ideology of guns : -- 2. Searching for balance in gun policy : -- 3. A global perspective : -- 4. Trends in the gun debate : -- 5. The future of guns in America : --
A national debate continues to rage in regard to 2nd Amendment rights in contemporary society. This collection will deal with concerns about domestic violence committed by guns, the ramifications of a widely armed citizenry, the government's failure to pass comprehensive gun legislation, as well as police brutality, strong gun lobbies, open carry laws, home-grown terrorism, the recent rise of fatal shootings of black men by police, and the Orlando massacre. From domestic terrorism to the Black Lives Matter movement articles in this title reflect differences in policy views on the subject in the longstanding debate around gun rights and gun control.--Publisher information.
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Gun control--United States. Firearms--Government policy--United States. Firearms ownership--United States. Firearms--United States. Violent crimes--United States. Firearms. Firearms--Government policy. Firearms ownership. Gun control. Violent crimes.