Toward smarter gun laws
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- The World Is Watching. // America;5/14/2007, Vol. 196 Issue 17, p5
The author reflects on the regulation in possessing a gun in the U.S. Legislative director Kristen Rand of nonprofit Violence Policy Center mentioned that some states have the possibility for unlicensed sellers sell firearms to customers without checking the customer's background. The author...
- WOULD BANNING FIREARMS REDUCE MURDER AND SUICIDE? Kates, Don B.; Mauser, Gary // Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy;Spring2007, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p649
The article discusses a study which refutes the mantra that more guns equal more death and fewer guns equal less death. The results of the study showed that those correlations are not observed when a large number of nations are compared across the world. According to the author, people commit...
- Gun Ownership and the Gun Control Index. Gius, Mark // Atlantic Economic Journal;Dec2008, Vol. 36 Issue 4, p497
The article discusses the study which examines the relationship between gun control laws and gun ownership rates in relation to crime rates. It says that a smaller set of work has attempted to determine whether gun ownership rates have any effect on criminal activity since firearms are used in...
- The Changing Gun Debate. Bloomberg, Michael // Newsweek (Pacific Edition);4/30/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 18, p31
An editorial by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is presented which focuses on gun crime in the United States. Bloomberg discusses how his gun control policies have cut down on murders. He talks about background checks being conducted on those purchasing guns. He also mentions the use of...
- The Changing Gun Debate. Bloomberg, Michael // Newsweek (Atlantic Edition);4/30/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 18, p31
An editorial by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is presented which focuses on gun crime in the United States. Bloomberg discusses how his gun control policies have cut down on murders. He talks about background checks being conducted on those purchasing guns. He also mentions the use of...
- BAN THE GUNS? Buckley Jr., WM.F. // National Review;4/21/1989, Vol. 41 Issue 7, p54
Opinion. Suggests that there is a blanket of judicial and sentimental fog surrounding the sale of guns in the United States. Reflections on laws suggesting that the U.S. may bar certain types of weapons without violating the constitutional right to bear arms; Lack of effect of banning certain...
- ANNALS OF LEGISLATION. Harris, Richard // New Yorker;4/20/1968, Vol. 44 Issue 9, p56
This article discusses controversy over the record-high crime statistic, criminal law, and gun control in the U.S. Americans take a casual recourse to violence in personal conflicts. Foreign observers marvel at the failure of authorities to control the indiscriminate selling and use of firearms....
- The Changing Gun Debate. Bloomberg, Michael // Newsweek;4/30/2007, Vol. 149 Issue 18, p47
An editorial by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is presented which focuses on gun crime in the United States. Bloomberg discusses how his gun control policies have cut down on murders. He talks about background checks being conducted on those purchasing guns. He also mentions the use of...
- Gunning for a Fight. Cooper, Kenneth J. // Crisis (15591573);Sep/Oct2006, Vol. 113 Issue 5, p12
The article reports on gun control in the U.S. Since the early 1990s, gun control has been a spent force in politics, with the nation's crime rate declining. Congressional leaders let a ban on assault weapons lapse in 2004, weakening federal law and making it clear that no new restrictions would...
