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Tags: GUN control; CRIME prevention
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- Cities Combat Violent Crime. Lehrer, Eli // Insight on the News;07/19/99, Vol. 15 Issue 26, p14
Offers information on the efforts of some cities in the United States to reduce crime rate and the use of guns. Overview of the situation of violence in North Carolina; Information on the Boston-model program; How New York, New York was able to get guns out of the hands of criminals.
- Money for guns: Evaluation of the Seattle gun buy-back program. Callahan, Charles M.; Rivara, Frederick P. // Public Health Reports;Jul/Aug94, Vol. 109 Issue 4, p472
Evaluates a gun buy-back program in Seattle, Washington. Statistics on the types of firearms relinquished; Firearm-related crimes, injuries, and deaths; Mean number of firearm events per month before and after the Seattle gun buy-back program.
- Sweeping powers. Sullum, Jacob // Reason;Jun94, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p6
Editorial. Argues that giving up freedom to fight crime will not make America safer. Proposal offered by `Los Angeles Times' writer Karen Grigsby to rid California of guns as a means of reducing crime; Criminality in Chicago's Robert Taylor Homes; Constitutionality of Operation Clean Sweep...
- DC police launch efforts to curb violence. Miller // PA Times;Oct99, Vol. 22 Issue 10, p1
Reports that the Washington D.C. police has launched a gun amnesty program in an effort to prevent crime. Price for every gun turned in; Estimated number of guns which could be collected; Disposal of the guns after the amnesty. INSETS: Statistics.;Comments from ASPA's section on criminal...
- Gun control flops as crime deterrent. Caldwell, Robert J. // Human Events;1/28/94, Vol. 50 Issue 3, p17
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- GUN BANS DON'T CUT CRIME. Lott Jr., John // American Enterprise;Oct/Nov2002, Vol. 13 Issue 7, p10
Argues against the ability of gun bans to reduce crime. Number of incidents in which gun are used defensively each year in the U.S.; Evidence of the inability of gun laws to reduce crime in Europe.
- Hitting the right target. // New Statesman;8/16/96, Vol. 125 Issue 4297, p5
Calls for civic activism concerning a gun ban proposal in Great Britain. Advocacy of the imposition of a gun ban in Great Britain to prevent similar incidents such as the massacre of 16 students and a teacher in Dunblane, Scotland; Call for the regulation of legally held firearms; Citizen...
- The one thing that 'gun control' laws don't do is control guns. Sowell, Thomas // Enterprise/Salt Lake City;08/16/99, Vol. 29 Issue 8, p22
Opposes gun control laws in the United States because of their failure to control guns and prevent crime. Provision of assurance to violent criminals that their potential victims would not be able to defend themselves; Questions on the motives of gun-control advocates.
- Guns Save Plenty of Lives. Gallagher, Maggie // Human Events;10/08/99, Vol. 55 Issue 37, p21
Illustrates some instances on how gun ownership can help prevent crime, save lives and protect people from criminals. Importance of supporting the right of people to bear guns; Why Texas Governor George W. Bush should support the right of people to bear firearms.
