TITLE

Availability of Guns Is Not the Cause of Youth Violence

AUTHOR(S)
Lott Jr., John R.
PUB. DATE
July 2000
SOURCE
Insight on the News;07/24/2000, Vol. 16 Issue 27, p46
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Comments on gun control issues in the United States. Background of the restriction on the availability of guns; Examples of federal gun control; Discussion on whether whose access really has been restricted by these laws; Dilemma facing gun-control advocates.
ACCESSION #
3332172

Tags: GUN control;  FIREARMS & crime

 

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