Debating Gun Control: How Much Regulation Do We Need?

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New York, US: Oxford University Press USA (2016)
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Americans have an ambivalent relationship to guns. The debate over the role of guns and gun regulations in American society tends to be acrimonious and misinformed.

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Philosophizing About Empirical Studies

The empirical literature on gun ownership and gun violence is influenced by philosophical considerations. In this way, “philosophy” is logically prior to empirical evidence. More important, the chapter argues, it affects the way in which one applies, or fails to apply, the results of empir... see more

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Lester Hunt
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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