CRJ 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, Saturday Night Special, Gun Violence
12 Nov 2016
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The problem with guns and gun policy. The sudden swings in national attention about guns and gun violence reflect the deeply divided attitudes of people in the u. s. on the subject. Guns are unique part of the american crime problem and affect african americans the most. Internationally, the u. s. has the highest number of people killed each year by handguns. Gun violence has dropped significantly since the early 1990s. Mass shootings receive tremendous publicity, but they are fairly rare events. The vast majority of gun-related homicides in chicago between 2010 and 2013 dramatizes the central place of low-income african-american and latino communities as the center of our gun violence problem. Yet even after an increase in 2012, murders in. Supply reduction: sees guns as the problem and seeks to limit their availability through banning guns and restricting who can own them.
