The bias against guns : why almost everything you've heard about gun control is wrong /
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| Author / Creator: | Lott, John R., Jr., 1958- |
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| Imprint: | Washington, DC : Regnery Pub. ; Lanham, MD : Distributed to the trade by National Book Network, c2003. |
| Description: | 349 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4854020 |
Table of Contents:
- Part I. The Pervasive Bias
- Introduction: Why Almost Everything You've Ever Heard About Gun Control Contains Bias
- Chapter 1. The Good and the Bad
- Chapter 2. The Media on Guns
- Chapter 3. How the Government Works Against Gun Ownership
- Chapter 4. The Shifting Debate: Terrorism, Gun Control Abroad, and Children
- Part II. Examining the Evidence
- Chapter 5. Evaluating Evidence on Guns: How and How Not to Do It
- Chapter 6. Acts of Terror with Guns: Multiple Victim Shootings
- Chapter 7. Guns at Home: To Lock or Not to Lock
- Chapter 8. Do Gun Shows and Assault Weapons Increase Crime?
- Chapter 9. Conclusion
- Appendix 1. Some Recent Evidence on Guns and Crime
- Appendix 2. Other Measures of Gun Ownership
- Appendix 3. Supplemental Tables for Chapters 6, 7, and 8
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
