America and Its Guns
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What Is a Gun?
A more precise term for the subject of this book is firearm, which is a portable weapon that shoots projectiles from a metal tube, propelled at high speed by ...
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Between Marijuana Prohibition and Commercial Legalization: Is There Any Middle Ground?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Are there options in between prohibition and commercial legalization?
Yes. It’s possible to move a meaningful distance away from prohibition without jumping all the way to the sort ...
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Causes of Gun Violence
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Who Can Be Trusted with a Gun?
A simplistic but common understanding of crime is that the population can be divided neatly into two groups, good guys and bad guys. In this view, ...
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Effectiveness of Firearms Policy
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
With So Many Guns Out There, Is There Any Point to Gun Control?
Yes. The evidence suggests that certain regulations have been effective in reducing gun use in crime. And even in ...
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Gun Control in America
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What Are the Basics of the US System of Gun Regulation?
Gun regulations have a long history, stretching back to the colonial era. By and large, the laws have been enacted to secure ...
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The Gun Rights Movement
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What Is the Gun Rights Movement?
The gun rights movement consists of several hundred local, state, and national organizations that seek to promote a positive view of firearms in ...
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The Gun Violence Prevention Movement
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What Is the Gun Violence Prevention Movement?
Like the gun rights movement, the gun violence prevention movement includes national, state, and local organizations. Some are ...
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Guns and Gun Control in History
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Is There a Uniquely American Gun Culture?
Yes. We know of no other country where firearms are as plentiful and as inextricably linked to individual identity and popular values as ...
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The Harm Done by Guns
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
How Many Americans Are Killed or Injured by Gunfire?
Approximately 1 million Americans have died from gunshot wounds in homicides, accidents, and suicides during just the last ...
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How Is Legalization of Marijuana Different from Legalization of Other Drugs?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
How does legalizing marijuana compare to legalizing all drugs?
Legalizing marijuana involves both lower stakes and less uncertainty than legalizing any of the other major illicit ...
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How Stringent Is Marijuana Enforcement in the United States?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Does it make sense for marijuana to be a Schedule I substance?
Yes, until the federal process finds it has medical value.
The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) divides ...
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How Would Alcohol-Style Legalization Affect Me Personally?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Policy analysis, in keeping with Jeremy Bentham’s principle of seeking “the greatest good for the greatest number,” tends to focus on aggregate or average effects, with an occasional glance ...
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Introduction
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Should marijuana be legalized?
If you picked up this book in search of a clear yes or no answer, consider putting it back on the shelf. We won’t tell you how you should vote. We ...
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Is There a Way Forward for Gun Policy?
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Every question about guns, gun violence, or gun policy is contentious. Basic facts—the annual number of gun transactions, or even the number of guns in private hands—are not known with any ...
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Manufacture and Marketing of Guns
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
How Large Is the Gun Industry in America?
The gun industry itself is rather small by traditional measures. Only a handful of companies produce a significant number of firearms in ...
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Public Opinion, Political Parties, and Guns
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Do Americans Want Stricter Gun Laws?
Public opinion experts have long observed that the United States has a gun control paradox: Most Americans favor all sorts of firearms ...
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The Value of Guns for Personal and Collective Defense
Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss
in The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Why Is Self-Defense Central to the Debate over Gun Control?
Personal safety is a vital matter, and self-protection is a more compelling rationale for owning guns than recreation. ...
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What Are the Medical Benefits of Marijuana?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Is marijuana medicine?
Marijuana products used for medical purposes range from conventional cannabis flowers to synthetic cannabinoids produced in a lab. Even among plant extracts, ...
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What Are the Pros and Cons of Legalization Generally?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
What does it mean to legalize a drug?
Legalization means allowing production, distribution, and selling of a drug. Possession and use would be legal for all or most adults, albeit ...
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What Are the Risks of Using Marijuana?
Jonathan P. Caulkins, Beau Kilmer, and Mark A.R. Kleiman
in Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know® (2 ed.)
Why is it difficult to measure the consequences of marijuana use?
Marijuana use carries risks. Some are well established; some are probably real; some turn out to be mostly ...
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