The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation (eBook)

The Unfulfilled Promise of New York's SAFE Act

James B. Jacobs, Zoe Fuhr (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
Nyu Press (Verlag)
978-1-4798-8654-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. In The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation, James B. Jacobs and Zoe Fuhr ask whether the 2013 SAFE Act hailed by Governor Andrew Cuomo as the nation s toughest gun control law has lived up to its promise. Jacobs and Fuhr illuminate the gap between gun control on the books and gun control in action. They argue that, to be effective, gun controls must be capable of implementation and enforcement. This requires realistic design, administrative and enforcement capacity and commitment and ongoing political and fiscal support. They show that while the SAFE Act was good symbolic politics, most of its provisions were not effectively implemented or, if implemented, not enforced. Gun control in a society awash with guns poses an immense regulatory challenge. The Toughest Gun Control Law in the Nation takes a tough-minded look at the technological, administrative, fiscal and local political impediments to effectively keeping guns out of the hands of dangerous persons and eliminating some types of guns altogether.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Schlagworte: ammunition control • ammunition seller • Andrew Cuomo • assault weapons • assault weapons ban • assisted outpatient treatment order • ban on large-capacity magazines • detachable magazine • disarming domestic abusers • disarming domestic violence abusers • disarming mentally ill • disarming mentally ill and dangerous persons • disarming protection order respondents • Domestic violence • enforcement of regulatory controls • federal firearms license • FFL • firearm-license recertification • firearm-license revocation • firearm regulatory offenses • firearms-license recertification • Gun Control • gun control implementation • gun control legislation • gun crime • gun culture • gun law enforcement • Kendra’s Law • large-capacity magazines • Memorandum of Understanding • mental health professionals • military-like features • National Instant Criminal Background Check System • New York • New York State Police • nics • registering ammunition sellers • Sandy Hook • state gun control • state-level gun control • Sullivan Law • universal background checking
• ISBN-10: 1-4798-8654-8 / 1479886548
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4798-8654-8 / 9781479886548