+ Do law restricting access to firearms by domestic violence offenders prevent intimate partner homicide?
- Author:
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Vigdor, Elizabeth Richardson / Mercy, James A.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Evaluation Review
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Domestic Violence, Gender, Homicide, Legislation and Policy, Surveillance/Data Collection, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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CONFISCATIONS, CRIME, FAMILY violence, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, HOMICIDE
The authors examined counts of intimate partner homicides by state from the Federal Bureau of Investigation Supplementary Homicide Report files for the years 1982 through 2002 in order to analyze the...
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+ Theorising gun control: the development of regulation and shooting sports in Britain
- Author:
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Smith, Stuart
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Sociological Review
- Topics:
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International, Legislation and Policy, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence
- Keywords:
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1897-1990, ELIAS, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, GOVERNMENT policy, GUN control, Norbert, SPORTING guns
The author analyzed longer term, unplanned, and less well understood social and political processes that have influenced gun control legislation, particularly in Great Britain. Such processes include...
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+ Overcoming the fear of guns, the fear of gun control, and the fear of cultural politics: constructing a better gun debate
- Author:
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Braman, Donald / Kahan, Dan M.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Emory Law Journal
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Public Opinion, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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DEBATES & debating, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, GUN control, Social policy, UNITED States
Individuals’ positions on gun control express cultural values, a fact ignored in the dominant approaches to gun policy-making in the U.S. Because of the values attached to guns, the controversy over...
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+ Regulation of Firearm Dealers in the United States: An Analysis of State Law and Opportunities for Improvement
- Author:
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Vernick, Jon S. / Webster, Daniel W. / Bulzacchelli, Maria T. / Mair, Julie S.
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, State, Supply, Surveillance/Data Collection
- Keywords:
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FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, FIREARMS industry & trade, LICENSES, Law Enforcement, UNITED States
The authors identified and categorized state licensing systems for firearms dealers through the end of 2004 legislative sessions in order to highlight opportunities for states to prevent problem dealers...
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+ State constitutional rights to keep and bear arms
- Author:
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Volokh, Eugene
- Date:
- 2006
- Publication:
- Texas Review of Law & Politics
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Ownership, Self-defense Gun Use/Deterrence, State
- Keywords:
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CONSTITUTIONAL amendments, CONSTITUTIONAL law, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, UNITED States
The author examined all right-to-bear-arms provisions in state constitutional law. There are 45 states that have constitutional rights to bear arms. Some constitutional provisions, as written or as...
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+ The Impact of Right-to-Carry Concealed Firearm Laws on Mass Public Shootings
- Author:
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Duwe, Grant / Kovandzic, Tomislav / Moody, Carlisle E.
- Date:
- 2002
- Publication:
- Homicide Studies
- Link to Published Abstract
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, Students, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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Crime, Criminal Justice, and Law Enforcement, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, POLICE shootings, law
The authors evaluated 25 right-to-carry (RTC) laws using state panel data from 1977 to 1999 to test the hypothesis that such laws can have an impact on mass public school shootings. They found that RTC...
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+ A Priori Assertions Versus Empirical Inquiry: A Reply to Kleck
- Author:
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Koper, Christopher S. / Roth, Jeffrey A.
- Date:
- 2001
- Publication:
- Journal of Quantitative Criminology
- Topics:
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Legislation and Policy, U.S./National
- Keywords:
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ASSAULT weapons, FIREARMS -- Law & legislation, Firearm ban
The authors respond to Gary Kleck’s critique of their 2001 article, in which they state that homicide rates in 1995 fell 6.7% due in part to the 1994 federal ban on assault weapons and large-capacity...
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