The global gun epidemic : from Saturday night specials to AK-47s /
Cukier (justice studies and information technology management, Ryerson U., Toronto) and Sidel (social medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) consider gun violence and control using a public health model, and compare statistics from the US with other countries. They analyze firearm ownership,...
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Westport, Conn. :
Praeger Security International,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Guns : a global perspective
- 2. The firearm epidemic
- 3. More guns equal more deaths
- 4. The global gun trade
- 5. Globalization and gun running
- 6. "Gun culture" and the demand for firearms
- 7. The regulation of firearms
- 8. National approaches to regulation
- 9. Global action : the rise of an international movement.