Charles F. Wellford, Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review
ISBN: 0309091241 | edition 2004 | PDF | 341 pages | 14 mb
ISBN: 0309091241 | edition 2004 | PDF | 341 pages | 14 mb
For years proposals for gun control and the ownership of firearms have been among the most contentious issues in American politics. For public authorities to make reasonable decisions on these matters, they must take into account facts about the relationship between guns and violence as well as conflicting constitutional claims and divided public opinion. In performing these tasks, legislators need adequate data and research to judge both the effects of firearms on violence and the effects of different violence control policies. Readers of the research literature on firearms may sometimes find themselves unable to distinguish scholarship from advocacy.