TITLE

Guns in American households

PUB. DATE

November 1999

SOURCE

Congressional Digest;Nov99, Vol. 78 Issue 11, p263

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents the results of a nationwide survey on gun-owning households in the United States. Prevalence, concentration and demographic patterns of gun ownership; Implications of the Gun Control Act of 1968 on guns in households; Reasons for gun ownership among households; Impact of urbanization on gun ownership.

ACCESSION #

2488540

Tags: FIREARMS ownership;  FIREARMS -- Law & legislation

 

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