Title Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns / Trudy Ann Karlson and Stephen W. Hargarten.

Publication Info.	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [1997]
	©1997

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Description	1 online resource (xix, 172 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.
Note	Print version record.
Contents	Foreword / Stephen P. Teret -- Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book -- 1. The Scope of the Problem -- 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics -- 3. Modern Firearms -- 4. Comparing Firearms -- 5. Injuries from Firearms -- 6. Where Guns Come From -- 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated -- 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms -- App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns -- App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473 -- App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations -- App. 4. Where to Find Out More.
Summary	Two experts in public health and injury control show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities.
Subject	Firearms accidents -- Prevention.
	Firearms -- Design and construction.
	Firearms -- Marketing.
	Firearms.
	Wounds, Gunshot -- prevention & control.
	Consumer Product Safety.
	Health Policy.
	United States.
	Electronic books.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Law Enforcement.
	Firearms accidents -- Prevention. (OCoLC)fst00925626
	Firearms -- Design and construction. (OCoLC)fst00925580
	Firearms -- Marketing. (OCoLC)fst00925598
Added Author	Hargarten, Stephen W.
Other Form:	Print version: Karlson, Trudy Ann. Reducing firearm injury and death. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1997 0813524202 (DLC) 97001803 (OCoLC)36393707
ISBN	0585022119 (electronic bk.)
	9780585022116 (electronic bk.)

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