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In Defense of Gun Control
In Defense of Gun Control argues why the United States should have at least moderate and perhaps serious gun control. LaFollette assesses the empirical evidence about the costs and benefits of extensive private gun ownership and proposes several specific gun control measures, and urge us to employ indirect measures to limit the harm caused by guns.
| Author(s) | By Hugh Lafollette (Cole Chair in Ethics, University of South Florida St. Petersburg). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 12 Jul 2018 |
| Availability | Available |
In Defense of Gun Control argues why the United States should have at least moderate and perhaps serious gun control. LaFollette assesses the empirical evidence about the costs and benefits of extensive private gun ownership and proposes several specific gun control measures, and urge us to employ indirect measures to limit the harm caused by guns.
Hugh LaFollette is currently Cole Chair in Ethics at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. He mainly teaches and writes in ethics, especially practical ethics. He is author of three others books, editor of many more, and Editor-in-Chief of the
