Reducing Firearm Injury and Death
A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns
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1997
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-2421-4 (ISBN)
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-2421-4 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
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.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.1997 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 340 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8135-2421-0 / 0813524210 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-2421-4 / 9780813524214 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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