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Regulating Gun Sales

An Excerpt from Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis

Daniel W. Webster, Jon S. Vernick, Emma E. McGinty, and Ted Alcorn
introduction by Michael R. Bloomberg

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As the debate on gun control continues to take center stage, evidence-based research is at the forefront to answer the question, How do we reduce gun violence? Arguably the biggest gun policy reform under consideration today is the regulation of firearm sales and stopping the diversion of guns to criminals. This selection from Reducing Gun Violence in America presents compelling evidence that stronger purchasing laws and better enforcement of these laws result in lower gun violence.

Additional material includes an introduction by Michael R. Bloomberg and Consensus Recommendations for Reforms...

As the debate on gun control continues to take center stage, evidence-based research is at the forefront to answer the question, How do we reduce gun violence? Arguably the biggest gun policy reform under consideration today is the regulation of firearm sales and stopping the diversion of guns to criminals. This selection from Reducing Gun Violence in America presents compelling evidence that stronger purchasing laws and better enforcement of these laws result in lower gun violence.

Additional material includes an introduction by Michael R. Bloomberg and Consensus Recommendations for Reforms to Federal Gun Policies from the Johns Hopkins University.

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9
Pages
32
ISBN
9781421411729
Table of Contents

Introduction, Michael R. Bloomberg
1. Regulating Gun Sales
2. Consensus Recommendations for Reforms to Federal Gun Policies

Author Bios
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Daniel W. Webster, Sc.D., M.P.H.

Daniel W. Webster, ScD, MPH, is a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where he serves as director of the Center for Gun Policy and Research, deputy director of Research for the Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence, and director of the PhD program in health and public policy.
Jon S. Vernick
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Jon S. Vernick, J.D., M.P.H.

Jon S. Vernick, JD, MPH, is an associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.