Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis Pdf

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Edition: 1
Release: 2013-01-25
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Binding: Paperback
ISBN/ASIN: 1421411105
Format: hardcover, kindle, PDF, EPUB

Reducing Gun Violence in America pdf
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The staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world’s leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day.Selected recommendations include:• Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm from any seller. • High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm. • Mental health: Focus feder Download Reducing Gun Violence in America for free via rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared, dropBox, uploading, fileserve

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