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Reducing firearm injury and death : a public health sourcebook on guns / Trudy Ann Karlson & Stephen W. Hargarten.

By: Karlson, Trudy Ann.
Contributor(s): Hargarten, Stephen W.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©1997General Notes: Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.Description: 1 online resource (xix, 172 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0585022119; 9780585022116; 9780813524207.Subject(s): Firearms accidents -- Prevention | Firearms -- Design and construction | Firearms -- MarketingGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 363.3/3 Online resources: Access full-text materials at no charge:
Contents:
Foreword / Stephen P. Teret -- Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book -- 1. The Scope of the Problem -- 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics -- 3. Modern Firearms -- 4. Comparing Firearms -- 5. Injuries from Firearms -- 6. Where Guns Come From -- 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated -- 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms -- App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns -- App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473 -- App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations -- App. 4. Where to Find Out More.
Summary: Two experts in public health and injury control show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities.
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E-book Davenport Library e-book E-book 363.3/3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan mq606017

Available through the EBSCO e-book Collection, which can be found on the Davenport University Library database page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.

Foreword / Stephen P. Teret -- Introduction: Why We Are Writing This Book -- 1. The Scope of the Problem -- 2. Guns and Ammunition: The Basics -- 3. Modern Firearms -- 4. Comparing Firearms -- 5. Injuries from Firearms -- 6. Where Guns Come From -- 7. How Guns Are Currently Regulated -- 8. Strategies for Reducing Deaths and Injuries from Firearms -- App. 1. Factoring Criteria for Handguns -- App. 2. Text of ATF Form 4473 -- App. 3. A List of Concerned Organizations -- App. 4. Where to Find Out More.

Two experts in public health and injury control show readers how guns are products, designed to injure and kill, and how changes in the design, technology, and marketing of firearms can lead to reductions in the number of injuries and fatalities.

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