What is the level of household gun ownership in urban Mexico? An estimate from the first Mexican survey on gun ownership 2017doi:10.1136/injuryprev-2017-042607David Perez EsparzaDavid A. HemenwayBMJ Publishing Group Ltd
In some societies, "gun ownership is associated with traditional values of respect and responsibility," whereas in others, "gun availability largely empowers the criminally minded and unstable, adding to the violence and chaos," wrote criminology professor Peter Squires in The Conversation. "High lev...
The Vagrancy Act of 1824 policed armed men roaming the country, followed by a spate of legislation against the use of firearms for poaching (1828, 1830, 1844, 1862). In the twentieth century, regulations on gun ownership became tighter (Satia, 2018a, pp. 380–410). Certainly, this is a...
Most U.S. states and the federal government have passed laws restricting gun ownership for people who have been judged to be mentally ill. Many gun owners and defenders of the Second Amendment agree that people whose mental illness may drive them to shoot people should not have access to fire...
What is the Biblical view of using lethal force for self-protection? Can a Christian own a gun? What about gun ownership? Assault weapons? The Bible study below attempts to answer these questions using Scripture. The Biblical View of Self-Defense...
In most countries, civilian ownership of military-grade weapons is heavily restricted or completely prohibited due to concerns about public safety and national security. Regulations vary depending on the specific weapon and jurisdiction. 4. What are some examples of military-grade weapons?
The events provide justification for calls to control gun ownership, or disarm the population as someone recently put it. We are sending armaments to the Ukraine to “arm the population” in an attempt to involve Russia in a long drawn out and expensive proxy war there. Economic sanctions ...
of people of color to justify gun ownership. “You hear about carjackings,” one gun toting man told her. “Let’s just say you pull up to a convenience store and there’s some certain people outside that make you feel a little nervous, then you’ve got your gun there…to make your...
We are aware of the problem of handgun violence in this country, and we take seriously the concerns raised by the many amici who believe that prohibition of handgun ownership is a solution. The Constitution leaves the District of Columbia a variety of tools for combating that problem, including...
In the _ of the shootings, there were calls for tighter controls on gun ownership. 4. Her kindness and generosity _ her occasional flashes of temper. 5. He was beginning to wonder if he would survive the _ . 6. Foreign food aid has led to a _ reduction in the numbers of people ...