Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns

著者

    • Karlson, Trudy Ann
    • Hargarten, Stephen W.

書誌事項

Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns

Trudy Ann Karlson & Stephen W. Hargarten

Rutgers University Press, c1997

  • pbk. : alk. paper

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注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-166) and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

ISBN 9780813524207

内容説明

There are few issues more explosive than guns. """"Guns don't kill people, people kill people,"""" is an often-heard response to calls for firearm control. But are there ways to make guns safer without placing further restrictions on gun owners? Can guns be engineered to reduce the number and severity of injuries? This book is about guns and new solutions for addressing problems they create. Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, two experts in public health and injury control, show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities. Just as innovations in the design and technology of motor vehicles succeeded in creating safer cars, Karlson and Hargarten describe how responsible changes to gun products can reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities. The injury control perspective illustrates how the characteristics of guns and ammunition are associated with their ability to cause injury and death. It also provides options for how guns can be re-engineered to ensure a greater degree of safety and protection. Reducing Firearm Injury and Death teaches basic facts about guns and gun injuries, and by reframing the problem of firearms as a public health issue, offers hope for saving lives.
巻冊次

pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780813524214

内容説明

There are few issues more explosive than guns. "Guns don't kill people, people kill people," is an often-heard response to calls for firearm control. But are there ways to make guns safer without placing further restrictions on gun owners? Can guns be engineered to reduce the number and severity of injuries? This book is about guns and new solutions for addressing problems they create. Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, two experts in public health and injury control, show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities. Just as innovations in the design and technology of motor vehicles succeeded in creating safer cars, Karlson and Hargarten describe how responsible changes to gun products can reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities. The injury control perspective illustrates how the characteristics of guns and ammunition are associated with their ability to cause injury and death. It also provides options for how guns can be re-engineered to ensure a greater degree of safety and protection. Reducing Firearm Injury and Death teaches basic facts about guns and gun injuries, and by reframing the problem of firearms as a public health issue, offers hope for saving lives.

目次

Foreword / Stephen P. Teret Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book 1. The Scope of the Problem 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics 3. Modern Firearms 4. Comparing Firearms 5. Injuries from Firearms 6. Where Guns Come From 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473 App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations App. 4. Where to Find Out More

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