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Can gun control work? / James B. Jacobs.
LIBRA HV7436 .J3 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jacobs, James B.
- Series:
- Studies in crime and public policy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gun control--United States.
- Gun control.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- I. Essential Background
- 1 Dissecting the Gun Problem 3
- 2 Existing Gun Controls 19
- 3 Impediments to More Gun Controls 37
- II. America's Dominant Gun Control Paradigm
- 4 The Politics of the Brady Law 61
- 5 What the Brady Law Says 77
- 6 Holes in the Brady Law 99
- 7 Evaluating the Brady Law 111
- III. Policy Options for the Future
- 8 Closing the Gun Show and Secondary Market Loophole 123
- 9 Comprehensive Licensing and Registration 137
- 10 Prohibition and Disarmament 153
- 11 Other Gun Control Strategies 171
- 12 Creating Gun-Free Public Spaces 197
- 13 Conclusion: The "Problem" Reconsidered 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195145623
- OCLC:
- 49011291
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