SPITZER, Robert J <br/><br/>
The politics of gun control 

 - 2 ed 
 - New York :  Chatham House Publishers,  1998 
 - 210 p. 
<br/><br/> 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, internet, interpretation, and consequences  historic roots  The constitution  The Bill of rights  The militia transformed  Supreme court rulings  Other court rulings  The textbook bill of rights  3 - The criminological consequences of guns  America and violence  Choice of weapons  Homicide and malicious injury  Suicide  Accidents  Self-Defense  4 - Political fury: gun politics  Single-Issue gun groups: the NRA  Handgun control  The political balance and the invincibility myth  Public opinion  Political parties and guns  5 - Instituitions, policymaking, and guns  Early legislative efforts  The gun control act of 1968  The firearms owners protection act 1986  The tide turns: the assault weapons ban  The brady bill  The bureau of alcohol, tabacco, and firearms  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 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Politica Publica<br/>Política Social<br/>Violencia<br/>Arma<br/>Gestao Social