Response to fear
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- Gun control needs a rethink. van Schalkwyk, Marthius // Finance Week;09/03/99, p23
Reports on gun control in South Africa. Right of regulated, responsible weapon ownership; Provisions of the Arms and Ammunition Control Bill of 1999; Facts on gun ownership.
- Gunning for Change. Gibeaut, John // ABA Journal;Mar2000, Vol. 86 Issue 3, p48
Reports that municipalities in the United States are taking aim at gun manufacturers in lawsuits based on public nuisance theories. Details on the Ceriale versus Smith & Wesson Corp. case; Theory of public nuisance; Stance of gun control proponents on the case; Information on several gun...
- New Orleans suit targets the makers of handguns. Zolkos, Rodd // Business Insurance;11/09/98, Vol. 32 Issue 45, p1
Focuses on a product liability suit filed by city of New Orleans in Louisiana against manufacturers of handguns. Comparison of the suit with the suits filed by several states against the tobacco industry; Handgun industry representatives' statements that they will fight the suit aggressively...
- Chicago sues gun makers, sellers. // Business Insurance;11/16/98, Vol. 32 Issue 46, p2
Reports that the city of Chicago, Illinois has filed a $433 million lawsuit against 22 gun manufacturers, four gun distributors and a number of suburban gun shops, claiming their actions pose a threat to public health and safety. Move by the Cook County, Illinois government to join the city in...
- Gun suit misses the mark. // Business Insurance;11/16/98, Vol. 32 Issue 46, p8
Opinion. Comments on a lawsuit filed by the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, that seeks to hold gun manufacturers liable for the public cost of handgun violence. Compensatory and punitive damages sought by the city; Inappropriateness of the use of product liability law to try to solve societal...
- Opinion on guns draws readers' fire. McIntyre, Kathryn J. // Business Insurance;05/17/99, Vol. 33 Issue 20, p29
Comments on an international reinsurance company president's reaction to the author's column opposing the arming of teachers with guns in the United States. Author's support to stricter control over the manufacture, sale, ownership and storage of guns; Unavailability of firearms for law...
- Buckley on Gun Control. Buckley Jr., William F. // Cortlandt Forum;03/25/2000, Vol. 13 Issue 3, p247
Focuses on the issue of gun control in South Carolina. Rights of the citizens to secede from the government; Psychological comfort against marauders.
- Trigger-happy South Africa aims to curb a love of guns. O'Loughlin, Ed // Christian Science Monitor;12/23/97, Vol. 90 Issue 20, p1
Reports on gun ownership in South Africa. The number of South Africans killed annually by guns; Number of South Africans licensed to carry a gun; The belief by police that every legal gun has an illegal counterpart; Crimes that guns were involved in during 1997; Theft of firearms; The status of...
- Gun Control Still Is Not Thug Control. West, Woody // Insight on the News;01/24/2000, Vol. 16 Issue 3, p48
Denounces gun control in the United States (US) as well as the lawsuits of US states against firearms manufacturers. Real intent of the campaign against firearms; Problem with a federal settlement with the firearms industry; Template for the ultimate solution against guns as seen in Canada.
- Availability of Guns Is Not the Cause of Youth Violence. Lott Jr., John R. // Insight on the News;07/24/2000, Vol. 16 Issue 27, p46
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.
