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About: Gun control is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1211 publications have been published within this topic receiving 16516 citations. The topic is also known as: firearms control & gun law.


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TL;DR: A 1996 *Georgia Law Review* article by Nelson Lund examines the Second Amendment right and, particularly, how a court should go about examining which weapons are protected by the second Amendment and which are not as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: The most recent mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada is now the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history. In light of this tragedy, the call for stronger and reformed gun control has made its way to the forefront of political discussion. The desire for stricter gun laws, however, must be appropriately balanced against an individual’s right under the Second Amendment to bear arms. A 1996 *Georgia Law Review* Article by Nelson Lund examines the Second Amendment right and, particularly, how a court should go about examining which weapons are protected by the Second Amendment and which are not.

5 citations

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Robert Kohn1
TL;DR: Examination of the risk factors for adolescent homicide in a case-control study that included all identified homicides in Recife, Brazil found education, religious observance, and having a father in the home were the primary protective factors identified.
Abstract: Editor -- The article by Falbo, Buzzetti, & Cattaneo (1) in the last issue of the Bulletin highlights the growing epidemic of adolescent homicide in Brazil and in the Americas in general One-third of all deaths due to homicides in the region are among adolescents aged 10-19 years (2) In addition, according to PAHO/WHO, homicide is the second leading cause of death among young males aged 15-24 in 10 out of 21 countries with populations greater than one million, the highest rates being in Colombia (267 per 100 000 in 1994), Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Brazil (72/100 000) The USA is considered to have an intermediate homicide rate; at 38 per 100 000 it is four times higher than the next highest rate noted among 21 industrialized countries (3) Registered homicide rates for Colombia, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela among males aged 15-24 are increasing (2) In the last ten years the rate has doubled among adolescents in these countries; similar increases are occurring in Brazil (1) Income inequality has been cited as a primary factor associated with homicide, particularly in the Americas (4, 5) Falbo and colleagues examined the risk factors for adolescent homicide in a case-control study that included all identified homicides in Recife, Brazil This approach allowed a dissection of risk factors beyond the usual demographic information available in death certificates, national databases, or ecological approaches Use of illicit drugs and prior police record were two of the more important risk factors Education, religious observance, and having a father in the home were the primary protective factors identified These findings, along with the fact that most homicides are a result of firearms, provide definable risk factors and protective factors that can be addressed through public health policy Income inequality and social inequity, although theoretically appealing, are a step too far removed from direct public health action in the fight to reduce adolescent homicide Gun control has been shown to be effective in reducing the homicide rate During periods when bans on firearms were implemented in Bogata and Cali, Colombia, the homicide rate fell significantly (6) Gun storage laws have not clearly demonstrated a reduction in homicides; however, they reduce dramatically rates of unintentional shooting deaths in children (57) At least two of the protective factors can be addressed from a public health policy perspective: education and the presence of fathers in the home, though the latter may be more difficult to improve In Brazil, for example, 21% of the households are run by females and over 1% by someone under the age of 20 Also in Brazil, which has an illiteracy rate of 116%, 22% of the population have less than one year of schooling Improving access to education and assuring that adolescents complete their education is pivotal to addressing the epidemic; achieving such a goal will require diverting funds from other items, such as militant expenditures A number of interventions have been suggested to decrease youth homicide For example, Holinger et al (8) have suggested eight primary prevention strategies: improvement of economic conditions for the poor, including job creation; education of the public about the youth homicide problem; improvement of conflict resolution skills; creation of community and school enrichment programmes; improvement and stabilization of family systems; reduction of factors that enhance impulsiveness, such as alcohol; firearms control; and strengthening of ethnic identity …

5 citations

Posted Content
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate student challenges to student housing firearm bans in the student housing context in light of potential standards of review courts may apply, and conclude that students may challenge firearms bans in student housing by characterizing student housing as homes for purposes of Second Amendment analysis.
Abstract: Public colleges and universities or state governments often ban the possession of firearms on public university or college property. These bans typically extend to student housing. While much has been written about campus bans on the carrying of concealed firearms, the topic of gun bans in the student housing context has been largely unaddressed in Second Amendment literature. This Comment seeks to fill that gap by evaluating potential student challenges to firearms bans in the student housing context in light of potential standards of review courts may apply and in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decisions in District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago. This Comment concludes that students may challenge firearms bans in student housing by characterizing student housing as homes for purposes of Second Amendment analysis. Given the close analogy between the homes in Heller and McDonald and certain forms of student housing, these challenges are likely to persuade a court to strike down student housing firearms bans that prohibit the use of firearms in self-defense in students’ homes for violating core Second Amendment protections, especially in cases involving apartment-style student housing.

5 citations

Dissertation
01 Oct 2011
TL;DR: Johnson et al. as mentioned in this paper have published a political science Ph.D. dissertation with a focus on political science, focusing on the intersection of political science and computer science. 1 computer file PDF; vii, 162 pages.
Abstract: University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. October 2011. Major: Political science. Advisor: Timothy R. Johnson. 1 computer file PDF); vii, 162 pages.

5 citations

Posted Content
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared the regulatory treatment of guns to that of two other consumer products associated with a large number of deaths: automobiles and alcohol, and concluded that cars and alcohol are at least as dangerous as guns.
Abstract: This article examines the implications of treating guns like consumer products. First, it compares the regulatory treatment of guns to that of two other consumer products associated with a large number of deaths: automobiles and alcohol. The article suggests that, statistically speaking, automobiles and alcohol are at least as dangerous as guns. Yet were we to treat guns like automobiles or alcohol, we would have to remove most gun restrictions because guns are already regulated much more strictly than automobiles or alcohol. Next, the article examines several particular proposals for “treating guns like consumer products.” These proposals include censoring gun advertising, imposing certain design modifications on firearms (including “smart gun” mandates), and banning handguns -- actions to be accomplished by administrative decree rather than by legislative choice. The articles suggests that the censorship proposals aim simply to silence one side of a controversial policy debate; that the proposed design modifications would increase firearms accidents and impair life-saving defensive firearms uses; and that banning handguns is too momentous a decision to be undertaken by unelected administrators.Finally, the article argues that firearms should be treated like other consumer products, such as newspapers and books, which are all protected by the Bill of Rights and by state constitutions.

5 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202356
202294
202139
202043
201950
201860