Multilateral Cooperation on Small Arms and Light Weapons: From Crisis to Collective Response

Author: Dhanapala, Jayantha
Publication: Brown Journal of World Affairs
Topics: Homicide Ownership U.S./National
Keywords: Arms control FIREARMS & crime FIREARMS ownership GUN control UNITED States
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The author evaluates the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the United States, in the context of the United Nations Conference in July 1995, noting the association between firearm ownership and firearm homicide, reviewing market factors (e.g. supply and demand, arms brokers) that affect any intervention, and explains the role of the UN in gun control efforts in the United States.