The Politics of Gun Control

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
New to This Edition
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Policy Definition and Gun Control
	Regulation, Public Order, and Public Policy
	Guns and Regulation
	The Gun Controversy
	The Gun Culture
	Policy Gridlock
	Social Regulatory Policy Analysis
2. The Second Amendment: Meaning, Intent, Interpretation, and Consequences
	Historic Roots
	The Constitution
	The Bill of Rights
	The Militia Transformed
	Supreme Court Rulings
	Other Court Rulings
	Bad History Makes Bad Law
	Conclusion
3. The Criminological Consequences of Guns
	America and Violence
	Choice of Weapons
	Homicide and Malicious Injury
	Suicide
	Accidents
	Self-Defense
	Guns and School Violence
	Gun Carrying on College Campuses?
	“Stand Your Ground” Laws: Extending the “Castle Doctrine” to America’s Streets
	Conclusion
4. Political Fury: Gun Politics
	Single-Issue Gun Groups: The NRA
	Explaining the NRA’s Effectiveness
	The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence
	The Million Mom March
	New Gun Control Groups Enter the Fray
	The Gun Control Movement’s Strategic Blunders
	The Political Balance and the Invincibility Myth
	Public Opinion
	Political Parties and Guns
	Conclusion
5. Institutions, Policymaking, and Guns
	Early Legislative Efforts
	The Gun Control Act of 1968
	The Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986
	The Tide Turns: The Assault-Weapons Ban
	The Brady Bill
	The Post-Columbine Reaction
	Lawsuit Protection for Gun Manufacturers
	Sandy Hook
	The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
	The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
	Conclusion: Furious Politics, Marginal Policy
6. Gun Policy: A New Framework
	Federalism: The Great Regulation Dilemma
	Gun Policy Alternatives
	The Barriers to Gun Control
	The Security Dilemma
	The Security Dilemma and the Gun Debate
	Nonproliferation and Arms Control
Index