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July 2007
On Sale: July 16, 2007
174 pages
ISBN: 0872894177
EAN: 9780872894174
Paperback (reprint)
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Non-Fiction
National commentators and social researchers have made
Spitzer's The Politics of Gun Control a standard source for
understanding America's gun control debate. The book has
been widely heralded for its wide-ranging and fair-minded
coverage of the national gun culture, the history and
meaning of the Second Amendment, the criminological
consequences of guns, the interest groups involved, public
opinion, and the policy making roles of Congress, the
presidency, and the bureaucracy. In the final chapter
Spitzer convincingly proposes an innovative framework based
on international relations and arms control to suggest a new
way to proceed toward political accommodation on the gun
control issue.New to the third edition of The Politics of
Gun Control is coverage of the proliferation of
concealed-carry laws in cities and counties. The book covers
the debate and data on the effect of these laws on crime
rates, homicide rates, gun-related violence and accidental
deaths. School violence – including the shooting at
Columbine High and other schools around the country — is
also explored including: the congressional response in the
aftermath of these episodes; the Senate's passing of a
historic juvenile justice bill requiring background checks
for gun show purchases; tougher penalties for sale to
juveniles or to felons; mandatory gun locks on new handguns;
and a ban on import of high-capacity ammunition clips. Also
new to this edition are discussions of the liability
lawsuits filed against gun manufacturers by cities and
counties; NRA political funding of Republicans in the 2000
election campaign and lobbying successes with the Bush
administration; new activism by the Brady Campaign to
Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control); the Million
Mom March (May 2000); and the expiration of 5-day waiting
period for gun purchases in 1998; and the FBI's new
computerized background check system.
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