NCJ Number
160131
Date Published
1995
Length
415 pages
Annotation
Intended as a research handbook and reference for both beginning and experienced researchers and others interested in gun control, this volume provides an overview of legal issues and research on gun control, summaries of major legislation and judicial decisions, and descriptions of individuals and organizations that have been active on each side of the issue.
Abstract
An overview examines the major issues under discussion, including the Second Amendment provisions regarding the right to keep and bear arms; the relevance of race, ethnicity, and gender to an understanding of the gun issue; police attitudes about gun ownership; self-defense and gun policy; the product liability issue and its relationship to gun control; and the question of whether the issue is crime control or gun control. Major events directly or indirectly related to the current controversy are summarized, and State and Federal laws, court cases, and laws are described. Annotated lists of major publications and nonprint materials on the issue and descriptions of organizations having a direct or tangential interest in the matter are also supplied. Reference notes, glossary, and index