Gun Crime/Gun Control
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7077500 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Squires (0000-0002-3074-6108, University of Brighton, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2019-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosg040.pub2 |
| OpenAlex | W3212897925 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The mass shooting phenomenon, rather more than underlying levels of “ordinary” gun crime, has brought new urgency to the global gun debate, leading to renewed international efforts at gun control even as, in many societies, those who can, acquire firearms for their own personal defense, lacking confidence in the authorities' ability to protect them. Yet the global evidence is unequivocal: More guns invariably lead to more gun violence and significantly more gun suicides. While many jurisdictions have introduced new gun controls in the wake of mass shooting tragedies, the size and strength of the US gun lobby has been especially successful in preventing the adoption of significant new gun control measures, even, in many cases, liberalizing existing gun laws and securing a favorable reinterpretation of the Second Amendment to the US Constitution. The commentary develops the concept of a “gun control regime” to better understand, from a social science perspective, the culture and politics, use and misuse, of firearms in any given country
Constitution · Criminology · Gun control · Gun violence · Medical emergency · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Gun Ownership and Violence Research · Law · Medicine · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |