Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their ControlThis new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature reviews and statistical information, and adding two chapters. |
Contents
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2 ILLEGITIMATE PRACTICES IN SUMMARIZING RESEARCH ON GUNS AND VIOLENCE | 31 |
3 THE OWNERSHIP AND ACQUISITION OF GUNS | 63 |
The Focus on Special Gun Types | 105 |
5 GUNS AND SELFDEFENSE | 147 |
6 CARRYING GUNS FOR SELFPROTECTION | 191 |
7 GUNS AND VIOLENT CRIME | 215 |
8 GUNS AND SUICIDE | 265 |
9 FIREARMS ACCIDENTS | 293 |
10 PUBLIC OPINION AND THE BASES OF SUPPORT FOR GUN CONTROL | 325 |
11 THE IMPACT OF GUN CONTROL ON VIOLENCE RATES | 351 |
12 CONCLUSIONS | 383 |
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