02909nam 22005774a 450 991078326530332120230607215435.01-280-53189-40-19-534921-01-60256-461-2(CKB)1000000000029044(EBL)241372(OCoLC)191038404(SSID)ssj0000117153(PQKBManifestationID)11898357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117153(PQKBWorkID)10042754(PQKB)10789000(MiAaPQ)EBC241372(Au-PeEL)EBL241372(CaPaEBR)ebr10084853(EXLCZ)99100000000002904420020123d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCan gun control work?[electronic resource] /James B. JacobsOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20021 online resource (304 p.)Studies in crime and public policyDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-530290-7 0-19-514562-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-278) and index.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; CDE; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; ZFew 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 housStudies in crime and public policy.Gun controlUnited StatesGun control363.3/3/0973Jacobs James B945933MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783265303321Can gun control work3855444UNINA