[Eril-l] Reducing Gun Violence in America - FREE BOOK from Johns Hopkins Univ. Press

[Ann P. Snoeyenbos]

From: Gene A. Taft , Johns Hopkins University Press
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Subject: [AAUP-L] Reducing Gun Violence in America - FREE BOOK from Johns Hopkins Univ. Press

In the wake of the most recent, appalling incident of gun violence in Las Vegas, Johns Hopkins University Press is offering free copies of REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis (Johns Hopkins University Press; 978-1-4214-1110-1, 6 x 9, 320 pages)via our website - DOWNLOAD FREE PDF HERE<https://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/content/reducing-gun-violence-america> .
The staggering toll of gun violence-which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year-is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response. Written in conjunction with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA presents the best available empirical research and legal analysis to help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens consider policy changes to reduce gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day.

Recommendations include:


  *   Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm.


  *   High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm to include other high risk groups such as violent misdemeanants, alcoholics, individuals who violate domestic violence restraining orders, and persons under age 21.


  *   Mental health: Focus federal restrictions on gun purchases by persons with serious mental illness on the dangerousness of the individual.


  *   Trafficking and dealer licensing: Increase penalties for illegal gun trafficking, appoint a permanent director to ATF, and provide the agency with the authority to develop a range of sanctions for gun dealers who violate gun sales or other laws.


  *   Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Ban the future sale of assault weapons and the future sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines.


  *   Research funds: Provide adequate federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute of Justice for research into the causes and solutions of gun violence.

REDUCING GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA also includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a 2013 national public opinion survey that reflect support among the majority of Americans—including gun owners—for stronger gun policies.

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