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Patrick J. Charles charts the rise of gun rights activism from the early twentieth century through the 1980 presidential election, pinpointing the role of the 1968 Gun Control Act. Offering a deep dive into the politicization of gun rights, Vote Gun reveals the origins of the acrimonious divisions that persist to this day.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 -- Gun-Curbs Issue Revived by Dodd -- Drop That Gun -- President Asserts Texas Shooting Points Up Need for a Law -- The Gun and How to Control It -- Gun Curb Fight Opens in Capital -- Gun Curbs Backed by a Rifle Expert -- A Gun Is Power, Black Panther Says -- Dodd Gun-Control Law Opposed by Big Rifle Group at a Hearing -- Gun Control Added to Civil Rights Bill by Senate, 72 to 23 -- Gun Control Bill Speeded by House -- Strict Gun Control Practiced Abroad -- The Gun Lobby Is Feeling No Pain -- CHAPTER 2 -- Gun-Control Advocates Are Feeling Surrounded -- Focus of Gun-Control Fight Shifts -- Controls on Guns Supported in Polls -- Gun Show a Weapons Supermarket -- Police Groups Reverse Stand and Back Controls on Pistols -- CHAPTER 3 -- From One Woman's Tragedy, the Making of an Advocate -- After Vigil for Verdict, a Plea for Gun Control -- Bush, Usually Opponent of Gun Control, Backs 2 Restrictions Proposed in Congress -- A Gun Control Moment -- Politics Among Culprits in Death of Gun Control -- Towns Learn Banning Guns Is Not Easy -- Statements Put White House Into a Gun Control Debate -- Killings May Not Affect Gun Control Measures -- Vital Statistics -- CHAPTER 4 -- More Guns for Everyone! -- Rethinking Ballistic Fingerprints -- Democrats, Using Finesse, Try to Neutralize the Gun Lobby's Muscle -- Gun Strategists Are Watching Brooklyn Case -- U.S. Appeals Court Upholds Limits on Assault Weapons -- Revised View of 2nd Amendment Is Cited as Defense in Gun Cases -- Justices, Ruling 5-4, Endorse Personal Right to Own Gun -- CHAPTER 5 -- Nation's Pain Is Renewed, and Difficult Questions Are Asked Once More -- Obama Invokes Newtown Dead in Pressing for New Gun Laws -- Want Gun Control? Learn From the N.R.A. -- Republicans Open to Banning 'Bump Stocks' Used in Massacre.

Few schisms in American life run as deep or as wide as the divide between gun rights and gun control advocates. Awash in sound and symbol, the gun regulation debate has largely been defined by forceful rhetoric rather than substantive action. Politicians shroud themselves in talk ofindividual rights or public safety while lobbyists on both sides make doom-and-gloom pronouncements on the consequences of potential shifts in the status quo.In America today there are between 250 and 300 million firearms in private hands, amounting to one weapon for every American. Two in five American homes house guns. On the one hand, most gun owners are law-abiding citizens who believe they have a constitutional right to bear arms. On the other, agreat many people believe gun control to be our best chance at reducing violent crime. While few--whether gun owner or anti-gun advocate--dispute the need to keep guns out of the wrong hands, the most important question has too often been dodged: What gun control options does the most heavily armeddemocracy in the world have? Can gun control really work?The last decade has seen several watersheds in the debate, none more important than the 1993 Brady Bill. That bill, James B. Jacobs argues, was the culmination of a strategy in place since the 1930s to permit widespread private ownership of guns while curtailing illegal use. But where do we go fromhere? While the Brady background check is easily circumvented, any further attempts to extend gun control--for instance, through comprehensive licensing of all gun owners and registration of all guns--would pose monumental administrative burdens. Jacobs moves beyond easy slogans and broad-brushideology to examine the on-the-ground practicalities of gun control, from mandatory safety locks to outright prohibition and disarmament. Casting aside ideology and abstractions, he cautions

COVER -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION: The Politics of Gun Control -- Gun Activists Misconstrue the Second Amendment -- The Second Amendment Remains Relevant -- Gun-Control Laws Reduce Violence -- Gun Control Does Not Prevent Crime -- Manufacturers Should Share in Guns' Costs to Society -- Gun Manufacturers Are Not Responsible for Gun-Related Deaths -- CONCLUSION: The Future of Gun Control in the United States -- APPENDIX -- ELEMENTS OF THE ARGUMENT -- NOTES -- RESOURCES -- PICTURE CREDITS -- INDEX -- CONTRIBUTORS.

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction: Murder by Gunfire -- Chapter 1: Guns and the Law in U.S. History -- Chapter 2: Legal Issues in the Gun Control Debate -- Chapter 3: Arguments in Favor of Gun Control -- Chapter 4: Arguments in Favor of Gun Rights -- Chapter 5: The Gun Control Battle Rages On -- Notes -- Discussion Questions -- Organizations to Contact -- For More Information -- Index -- Picture Credits -- About the Author -- Back Cover.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORY -- Introduction -- Gun Prevalence, Gun Control, and Violence -- Cross-National Comparisons -- The Nature of Gun Violence in the United States -- Victimization -- Homicide -- Suicide -- Accidental Death and Injury -- Crime-Related Injury and Assault -- Active-Shooter, Mass-Murder Events -- Establishing Causality-Not an Easy Task -- The Knotty Problems of Causal Direction and Defensive Gun Use -- The Magnification Hypothesis -- The Second Amendment -- How the Proponents of Gun Control View the Second Amendment -- The Gun Rights View of the Second Amendment -- A Limited Individual Right -- Public Opinion and Gun Control -- Do Americans Want Strict Gun Control? -- Social and Economic Correlates of Support for Gun Control -- Is the Will of the People Being Thwarted? -- The Role of Politics -- References -- 2 PROBLEMS, CONTROVERSIES, AND SOLUTIONS -- Introduction -- The Public Health Approach -- National Violent Death Reporting Systems -- Controlling Guns in the Home: Child Access Protection Laws -- Trigger Locks, Internal Locks, and Personalized "Smart Gun" Technologies -- Cheap Handgun Control -- Tracing Crime Guns to Reduce Illegal FFL Trafficking -- Controlling the Trafficking of Cheap Handguns and Other Firearms-Monitoring FFLs and One-Gun-per-Month Laws -- Transportation of Guns -- Assault Weapons Control, Including High-Capacity Ammunition Magazines -- Ballistic Fingerprinting -- Bullet Serial Numbers and Microstamping -- Registration -- Licensing -- Training -- Point-of-Sale Controls -- Background Checks -- The Secondary Market -- "Shall-Issue" (Right-to-Carry) Concealed Weapons Laws -- Open Carry -- Gun Buyback Programs -- The Law Enforcement Approach -- Enforcement of Current Gun Control Laws -- Gun-Focused/Place-Oriented Community Policing

Intro -- FEDERAL CONTROL OF GUNS AND FIREARMS DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- FEDERAL CONTROL OF GUNS AND FIREARMS DEVELOPMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION -- SUMMARY -- DEVELOPMENTS IN THE 112TH CONGRESS -- BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS -- Pro/Con Debate -- Gun-Related Statistics -- How Many Guns Are in the United States? -- How Often Are Guns Used in Homicides? -- How Prevalent Are Gun-Related Fatalities? -- How Often Are Guns Used in Non-lethal Crimes? -- How Often Are Firearms Used in Self-Defense? -- What about the Recreational Use of Guns? -- FEDERAL REGULATION OF FIREARMS -- The National Firearms Act (NFA) -- The Gun Control Act of 1968 (GCA) -- Firearms Transfer and Possession Eligibility -- Licensed Dealers and Firearms Transfers -- Private Firearms Transfers -- Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act -- Interim Provisions -- Permanent Provisions -- National Criminal History Improvement Program (NCHIP) -- NICS Act Record Improvement Program (NARIP) -- Background Check Fee and Record Retention -- OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION IN THE 111TH CONGRESS -- EMERGING ISSUES IN THE 112TH CONGRESS -- Concealed Carry and National Reciprocity88 -- ATF Southwest Border Gun Trafficking Investigations -- Multiple Rifle Sales Report Proposal100 -- Operation Fast and Furious -- ATF Firearms Tracing for Mexican Authorities -- Veterans, Mental Incompetency, and Firearms Eligibility -- ATF FY2012 and FY2013 Appropriations -- FY2013 Request -- FY2012 Request and Appropriation -- FISA Sunset Extensions and Firearms-Related Amendments187 -- Tucson Shootings -- Mental Illness and Drug Use as Prohibiting Factors -- Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Devices -- Banning Firearms within the Proximity of Federal Officials -- OTHER SALIENT GUN CONTROL LEGISLATIVE ISSUES

Gun-related violence remains an intractable problem despite a decline in the past decade. Some believe the solution lies in stricter gun control laws while others think these measures would be ineffective or counter-productive. Guns, Gun Control, and Elections examines current gun control policy and explains how it was adopted by discussing the roles and interactions of elected officials, interest groups, political parties, and the public. Original research on media coverage and public opinion as well as a chapter on state policy (Virginia) make the book both informative and accessible

'In Defense of Gun Control' argues why the United States should have at least moderate and perhaps serious gun control. LaFollette assesses the empirical evidence about the costs and benefits of extensive private gun ownership and proposes several specific gun control measures, and urge us to employ indirect measures to limit the harm caused by guns

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Gun Policy in America Research Synthesis Project Team -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part A: Introduction and Methods -- CHAPTER ONE: Introduction -- Gun Policy in America -- Research Focus -- Organization of This Report -- Chapter One References -- CHAPTER TWO: Methods -- Selecting Policies -- Selecting and Reviewing Studies -- Effects of the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria on the Literature Reviewed -- Effect Size Estimates -- Chapter Two References -- Part B: Evidence on the Effects of 13 Policies -- CHAPTER THREE: Background Checks -- State Implementation of Background Checks -- Effects on Suicide -- Effects on Violent Crime -- Effects on Mass Shootings -- Outcomes Without Studies Examining the Effects of Background Checks -- Chapter Three References -- CHAPTER FOUR: Bans on the Sale of Assault Weapons and High-Capacity Magazines -- State Implementation of Assault Weapon Bans -- Effects on Violent Crime -- Effects on Mass Shootings -- Effects on the Gun Industry -- Outcomes Without Studies Examining the Effects of Assault Weapon Bans -- Chapter Four References -- CHAPTER FIVE: Stand-Your-Ground Laws -- State Implementation of Stand-Your-Ground Laws -- Effects on Suicide -- Effects on Violent Crime -- Effects on Defensive Gun Use -- Outcomes Without Studies Examining the Effects of Stand-Your-Ground Laws -- Chapter Five References -- CHAPTER SIX: Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness -- State Implementation of Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness -- Effects on Suicide -- Effects on Violent Crime -- Outcomes Without Studies Examining the Effects of Prohibitions Associated with Mental Illness -- Chapter Six References -- CHAPTER SEVEN: Lost or Stolen Firearm Reporting Requirements

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter 1: The History of Gun Control in America -- Chapter 2: One Side: Gun Rights -- Chapter 3: The Other Side: Gun Control -- Chapter 4: You Decide -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Find Out More -- Index -- Back Cover.

Who is sovereign in the United States? Is it the people themselves, or is it an elite determined to rule citizens who are seen as incapable of making choices about their own lives? This is the central question in the American gun-control debate.In this Broadside, David Kopel explains why the right to keep and bear arms has always been central to the American identity ? and why Americans have always resisted gun control. The American Revolution was sparked by British attempts to confiscate guns. After the Civil War, the U.S. changed the Constitution to defeat the nation's first gun

This survey study reports the opinions regarding guns and gun control legislation from a sample of youths in the United States.