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Title Reducing Gun Violence in America : Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis / edited by Daniel W. Webster and Jon S. Vernick ; [foreword by Michael R. Bloomberg]
Published Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xxviii, 282 pages)
Contents Gun policy lessons from the United States : keeping guns from high-risk individuals -- Making gun laws enforceable -- Gun policy lessons from the United States : high-risk guns -- International case studies of responses to gun violence -- Second amendment -- Public opinion on gun policy
Summary The staggering toll of gun violence, which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year, is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response. The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world's leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day. The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans, including gun owners, for stronger gun policies. -- Publisher's website
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Gun control -- United States
Firearms -- Government policy -- United States
Violent crimes -- United States -- Prevention
Social control.
Firearms -- legislation & jurisprudence
Violence -- legislation & jurisprudence
Violence -- prevention & control
Social Control, Formal
Social control.
Firearms -- Government policy.
Gun control.
Violent crimes -- Prevention.
Bekämpfung
Schusswaffe
Gewalt
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States.
USA
Form Electronic book
Author Webster, Daniel W.
Vernick, Jon S.
ISBN 9781421411118
1421411113