Description |
288 pages ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Current controversies |
|
Current controversies.
|
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index. |
Summary |
Presents articles on both sides of the gun control issue, discussing such topics as constitutionality, the effectiveness of guns as a means of self-defense, and reducing gun-related violence. |
Contents |
Gun control and crime : an overview / Franklin E. Zimring -- Gun control would reduce crime / Jerome P. Kassirer -- Gun control would reduce crime against blacks / Robert Berkley Harper -- Controlling assault weapons would reduce crime / Gregory Curtis -- Disarming the police would make gun control effective / James B. Jacobs -- Gun control would not reduce crime / Robert W. Lee -- Gun control would not reduce crime against the poor and minorities / Stefan B. Tahmassebi -- Controlling assault weapons would not reduce crime / Wayne R. Austerman -- The Second Amendment and gun control : an overview / Sanford Levinson -- Gun control is constitutional / Sarah Brady -- Gun control measures can be constitutional / Nelson Lund -- U.S. court decisions support the constitutionality of gun control / Daniel Abrams -- The Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to own a gun / Warren E. Burger -- The Second Amendment does not prohibit gun control / Michael K. Beard, Kristin M. Rand -- Gun control is unconstitutional / Richard E. Gardiner. |
|
The constitutional right to bear arms must be unlimited / Robert Dowlut -- Limits on gun ownership may result in tyranny / Alan M. Gottlieb -- Banning assault weapons would be unconstitutional / Eric C. Morgan -- Gun ownership and self-defense : an overview / Brendan F.J. Furnish -- Gun ownership provides effective self-defense / National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action -- Gun owners protect themselves from crime / Edward F. Leddy -- Gun owners can protect themselves against assault / John R. Salter Jr. -- Handguns are an effective form of self-defense for women / Paxton Quigley -- Gun ownership is not an effective means of self-defense / Arthur L. Kellerman, Donald T. Reay -- The danger posed by handguns outweighs their effectiveness / Andrew Jay McClurg -- Guns in the home endanger children's lives / Katherine Kaufer Christoffel -- Gun violence : an overview / Erik Eckholm -- Federal gun control laws would reduce violence / Mark Udulutch -- Increasing penalties for gun-related crimes would reduce violence / Richard Cook. |
|
Banning handguns would reduce violence / Coalition to Stop Gun Violence -- Social change is needed to reduce violence / Gary Amo -- Reducing gun violence on TV would reduce violence / Marjolijn Bijlefeld -- Practicing gun safety can reduce gun-related accidents / National Rifle Association of America -- Making gun manufacturers liable for gun crimes would reduce violence / Garen Wintemute et al. -- Gun control in other nations : an overview / Charlotte A. Carter-Yamauchi -- Canada's low gun homicide rate proves the effectiveness of gun control / Catherine F. Sproule, Deborah J. Kennett -- Israel has a successful gun control policy / Abraham N. Tennenbaum -- Japanese gun control laws are oppressive / David B. Kopel -- Australian gun control measures are ineffective / Ned Kelly -- Jamaican gun control laws have not reduced gun violence / William Calathes. |
Local Note |
June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
|
June 1993 $17.95 [16.16] |
Subject |
Gun control -- United States.
|
|
Gun control.
|
Added Author |
Cozic, Charles P., 1957-
|
ISBN |
1565100158 lib. $16.95 |
|
9781565100152 lib. |
|
156510014X paperback $9.95 |
|
9781565100145 paperback |
|