Can gun control work? / James B. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, James B.

Series:

Studies in crime and public policy.

Studies in crime and public policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Few schisms in American life run as deep or as wide as the divide between gun rights and gun control advocates. Awash in sound and symbol, the gun regulation debate has largely been defined by forceful rhetoric rather than substantive action. Politicians shroud themselves in talk of individual rights or public safety while lobbyists on both sides make doom-and-gloom pronouncements on the consequences of potential shifts in the status quo. In America today there are between 250 and 300 million firearms in private hands, amounting to one weapon for every American. Two in five American homes hous

Contents:

Contents; I. ESSENTIAL BACKGROUND; 1 Dissecting the Gun Problem; 2 Existing Gun Controls; 3 Impediments to More Gun Controls; II. AMERICA'S DOMINANT GUN CONTROL PARADIGM; 4 The Politics of the Brady Law; 5 What the Brady Law Says; 6 Holes in the Brady Law; 7 Evaluating the Brady Law; III. POLICY OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE; 8 Closing the Gun Show and Secondary Market Loophole; 9 Comprehensive Licensing and Registration; 10 Prohibition and Disarmament; 11 Other Gun Control Strategies; 12 Creating Gun-Free Public Spaces; 13 Conclusion: The "Problem" Reconsidered; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C

DE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-280-53189-4

0-19-534921-0

1-60256-461-2

OCLC:

191038404