The Politics of Gun Control.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Preface -- New to this Edition -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Introduction -- 1. Policy Definition and Gun Control -- Regulation, Public Order, and Public Policy -- Guns and Regulation -- The Gun Controversy -- The Gun Culture -- Policy Gridlock -- Social Regulatory Policy Analysis -- 2. The Second Amendment: Meaning, Intent, Interpretation, and Consequences -- Historic Roots -- The Constitution -- The Bill of Rights -- The Militia Transformed -- Supreme Court Rulings -- Other Court Rulings -- Bad History Makes Bad Law -- Conclusion -- 3. The Criminological Consequences of Guns -- America and Violence -- Choice of Weapons -- Homicide and Malicious Injury -- Suicide -- Accidents -- Self-Defense -- Guns and School Violence -- Gun Carrying on College Campuses? -- Stand Your Ground" Laws: Extending the "Castle Doctrine" to America's Streets -- Conclusion -- 4. Political Fury: Gun Politics -- Single-Issue Gun Groups: The NRA -- Explaining the NRA's Effectiveness -- The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence -- The Million Mom March -- New Gun Control Groups Enter the Fray -- The Gun Control Movement's Strategic Blunders and Newfound Strength -- The Political Balance and the Invincibility Myth -- Public Opinion -- Political Parties and Guns -- Conclusion -- 5. Institutions, Policymaking, and Guns -- Early Legislative Efforts -- The Gun Control Act of 1968 -- The Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986 -- The Tide Turns: The Assault Weapons Ban -- The Brady Bill -- The Post-Columbine Reaction -- Lawsuit Protection for Gun Manufacturers -- Sandy Hook -- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Conclusion: Furious Politics, Marginal Policy -- 6. Gun Policy: A New Framework.

Federalism: The Great Regulation Dilemma -- Gun Policy Alternatives -- The Barriers to Gun Control -- The Security Dilemma -- The Security Dilemma and the Gun Debate -- Nonproliferation and Arms Control -- Index.

This classic work on the national gun debate in the US has been updated to cover the gun safety and sanctuary movements, NRA crises, bump stocks and red flag laws, among other developments.

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