It is argued that gun policies are part and consequence of a securitization strategy carried out by the small arms movement since the second half of the 1990s. From this premise, this chapter analyzes how states control gun-related activities at the international level as well as gun possession...
With frustration mounting over lawmakers' inaction on gun control, the American Medical Association on Tuesday pressed for a ban on assault weapons and came out against arming teachers as a way to fight what it calls a public health crisis. At its annual policymaking meeting, the nation's large...
represents the most significant federal action on the issue in decades. Gun-control activists argue that the rules are too weak, whereas advocates of gun rights say there is no evidence that most gun policies will work to curb the rate ...
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Ipsos, in partnership with BuzzFeed News, has examined how gun owners feel about gun control and recent policy proposals. Findings show that NRA members are less likely to support policies, compared to non-members.
Boine notes that the survey found the policies with the least support among gun owners are the ones that ban certain types of firearms, while most gun owners support policies that instead focus on the risks associated with each potential firearm buyer. "Responsible gun owners don't want firearms...
Biden Vows White House Action on Gun Control (Posted 2013-01-09 22:56:57) Despite a public debate that grows more fractious with every school shooting, Americans actually agree on gun policy to a surprising extent. According to a... D Nakamura 被引量: 0发表: 0年 ...
Furthermore, in early 2017, having been in office for merely a month, Trump revoked former President Barack Obama's regulation on gun control, which imposed purchase limits on people receiving Social Security checks for mental illnesses and those deemed unfit to handle their own financial affairs....
- Mass shootings have commanded public attention on a disturbingly frequent basis across the U.S. But rather than provoking a unified response from elected officials, each additional shooting seems to be widening the political divide on gun policy among states. "It’s wash, rinse and repeat with...
and for a ban on large-capacity magazines.Results: Compared with the control group, the story about a mass shooting heightened respondents' negative attitudes toward persons with serious mental illness and raised support for gun restrictions for this group and for a ban on large-capacity magazines...