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In Defense of Gun Control (Paperback)
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In Defense of Gun Control (Paperback)
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Nearly half of all privately owned firearms in the world are in
American hands. The U.S. homicide rate is 6 times higher than the
average of all developed countries, and more than three times
higher than any individual country. Half of all homicides are
committed with a firearm. Gun advocates claim that the high rate of
private gun ownership does not contribute to this; some even argue
that murder rates would be lower if only more people carried guns
to defend themselves. Pro gun control advocates find the
correlation between number of guns and gun violence an obvious one
- and that it should be the starting point for discussion about gun
control. Both sides think their cases are strong, and have created
a political stalemate. Can the truth of these views be evaluated
rationally and dispassionately? Hugh Lafollette argues the gun
control debate is more complex than advocates on either side
acknowledge. It requires resolving moral and legal questions about
the nature of and limitations on rights, as well as the
responsibility of government to protect citizens from risk. It
requires assessing claims about the right to bear arms, as well as
the right to be secure from harm caused by guns. Empirical findings
must be considered-about the role of guns in causing harm, the
degree to which private ownership of guns can protect innocent
civilians from attacks by criminals, whether the government should
be constrained by a well-armed citizenry, and the degree to which
laws seriously limiting access to guns can be effectively enforced.
Lafollette carefully sorts through all these conceptual, moral, and
empirical claims. He concludes that all things considered, the U.S.
does need more gun control than we have. He then proposes an
indirect strategy for decreasing harm from firearms-requiring all
gun owners to have liability insurance (something the NRA actually
encourages) similar to that of car owners. Lafollette argues that
this approach could reduce gun violence without the problem of
government intrusion. Painstakingly fair and historically informed,
the book is mainly designed for use in applied ethics and public
policy courses, showcasing how one might approach a difficult topic
with care and even-handedness in order to construct a rational
argument. In Defense of Gun Control sorts through the conceptual,
moral, and empirical claims to fairly assess arguments for and
against serious gun control.
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