ABSTRACT

This new paperback comprehensively reviews the research evidence on the links between guns, violence, and gun control, and reports results of the author's own research as well. In Targeting Guns, Kleck follows the line of argument and careful statistical inference of his earlier prizewinning volume, Point Blank, while updating the literature reviews and statistical information, and adding two chapters.

chapter 1|30 pages

Introduction

chapter 3|41 pages

The Ownership and Acquisition of Guns

chapter 5|44 pages

Guns and Self-Defense

chapter 6|24 pages

Carrying Guns for Self-Protection

chapter 7|49 pages

Guns and Violent Crime

chapter 8|28 pages

Guns and Suicide

chapter 9|32 pages

Firearms Accidents

chapter 11|31 pages

The Impact of Gun Control on Violence Rates

chapter 12|14 pages

Conclusions