American carnage : shattering the myths that fuel gun violence (school safety, violence in society) / Fred Guttenberg, Thomas Gabor, and Steve Kerr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guttenberg, Fred, author.

Gabor, Thomas, author.

Kerr, Steve, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

Firearms ownership.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (155 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Mango Media, [2023]

Summary:

Fred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, and International gun policy consultant Thomas Gabor team up in American Carnage to dismantle some of the most common myths about guns and gun violence.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Table of Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1: Combatting Misinformation on Gun Violence

The NRA's Contributions to the Assault on Truth

Why We Wrote This Book

Organization of the Book

Chapter 2: The Truth about Guns in US History and Culture

Myth 1: Gun Laws Are a Recent Development

Myth 2: An Increasing Percentage of Americans Are Buying Guns

Myth 3: America Has an All-Encompassing Gun Culture

Myth 4: Most Americans Support an Expansive View of Gun Rights and Generally Oppose Restrictions on Gun Ownership

Guns in US History: The Bottom Line

Chapter 3: The Truth about Guns and Public Safety

Myth 5: An Armed Society Is a Polite Society

Myth 6: The Only Consequences of Gun Violence Are Murders

Myth 7: Gun Violence Numbers Are Inflated Because They Include Suicides

Myth 8: Guns Make Women Safer

Myth 9: Arming Teachers Will Make Schools Safer

Myth 10: Gun Violence Is Just a Problem in the Inner Cities

Guns and Public Safety: The Bottom Line

Chapter 4: The Truth about Guns and Assault Weapons

Myth 11: Guns Don't Kill People, People Kill People

Myth 12: An AR-15-Style Rifle Is a Sporting Gun

The Role of Firearms and Assault Weapons in Catalyzing Violence: The Bottom Line

Chapter 5: The Truth about Guns and Self-Defense

Myth 13: Guns Provide a Net Benefit to Society in That They Are More Likely to Be Used for Protection Than to Commit Crimes

Myth 14: There Are 2.5 Million Defensive Gun Uses Per Year in the US

Myth 15: Right-to-Carry Laws Reduce Crime

Myth 16: The Training Required of Concealed Weapons Permit Holders Prepares Them for Effective Defensive Gun Use

Myth 17: All Concealed Weapons Permit Holders Are "Good Guys"

Myth 18: Stand Your Ground Laws Save Lives.

Myth 19: Most Mass Shootings Occur in Gun-Free Zones

Guns and Self-Defense: The Bottom Line

Chapter 6: The Truth about the Causes of Gun Violence

Myth 20: The US Has More Gun Deaths Than Other Countries Because It Is More Violent and Not Due to Higher Gun Ownership or Weaker Gun Laws

Myth 21: Mass Shootings and Gun Violence Are Primarily Due to the Mental Illness of the Perpetrator

Causes of Gun Violence: The Bottom Line

Chapter 7: The Truth about Guns and the Constitution

Myth 22: The Second Amendment Grants Americans the Right to Carry Any Firearm into Any Setting

Guns and the Constitution: The Bottom Line

Chapter 8: The Truth about Guns and Freedom

Myth 23: Widespread Gun Ownership and Gun Carrying Increases Our Freedom

Myth 24: We Must Choose between Public Safety and the Freedom to Own Guns

Myth 25: Gun Violence Is the Price We Pay for Our Freedoms.

Guns and Freedom: The Bottom Line

Chapter 9: The Truth as to Why Guns Ought to Be Regulated

Myth 26: We Need to Tackle the Root Causes of Violence and Stop Blaming Guns

Myth 27: Why Ban Guns When People Can Also be Killed with Knives or a Frozen Ham, or Die in a Car or Pool?

Myth 28: Guns Don't Matter Because People Will Find a Way to Kill Others or Themselves Regardless of Gun Availability

Why Guns Should Be Regulated: The Bottom Line

Chapter 10: The Truth about Gun Laws and Gun Violence Prevention

Myth 29: Gun Violence Prevention Always Involves Changes to Laws and Public Money

Myth 30: Switzerland and Israel Have Relaxed Gun Laws and Low Murder Rates

Myth 31: Hitler Introduced Strict Gun Control to Repress the Population

Myth 32: We Don't Need More Gun Laws, We Just Need to Enforce the Laws We Have

Myth 33: Gun Control Doesn't Work

Chicago Has Very Strict Laws and a Huge Gun Violence Problem.

Myth 34: Gun Owners and Non-Owners Disagree on Every Form of Regulation

Myth 35: Bans and Restrictions Don't Work Since Criminals Don't Obey the Law and Can Buy Guns on the Illegal Market

Myth 36: Banning Firearms Is Futile When So Many Weapons Are Already in Civilian Hands

Myth 37: Gun Laws Are a First Step to the Complete Disarmament of the Population (the Slippery Slope Argument)

Gun Laws and Gun Violence Prevention: The Bottom Line

Chapter 11: How to Combat Misinformation and Change the Focus from Gun Rights to Public Safety

Identifying Leading Areas and Sources of Misinformation on Guns and Gun Violence

Making Factual Information Widely Available

Inoculating People Against Misinformation

The Use of Technology to Combat Misinformation

Next Steps: Combatting Gun Violence Misinformation

Asserting Our Right to Live by Combatting the Biggest Lie Relating to Guns

Appendix A: A Declaration of the Right to Live Free from Gun Violence

Preamble

Declaration

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

About the Authors.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781684812066

1684812062

OCLC:

1378392810