Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America

ISBN-13: 9781138529984 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 528 str.

Gary Kleck

Opis

Gun violence and control are issues of vital importance, but most gun debates leave their participants with their biases intact. Written deliberately to counter an atmosphere of hysteria and extremism, "Point Blank, offers logical argument supported by empirical information.

Spis treści

I: Issues of Gun Control and Gun Ownership; 1: Ideology, Politics, and Propaganda; 2: Ownership and Uses of Guns; 3: Searching for “Bad” Guns: The Focus on Special Gun Types; II: Effects Of Guns On Violence; 4: Guns and Self-Defense; 5: Guns and Violent Crime; 6: Guns and Suicide; 7: Firearms Accidents; III: Regulating Guns; 8: Types of Gun Regulation; 9: Public Opinion and the Bases of Support for Gun Control; 10: The Impact of Gun Control on Violence Rates; IV: Policy Lessons; 11: Conclusions

O autorze

Gary Kleck