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Gun Mania: A New Perspective – What We Must Do to Reduce Shootings, Homicides and Suicides in America<\/a><\/p>\n

My strategy is that what gun a person owns is immaterial. People should be able to possess whatever gun they can afford. It’s what they do with the gun<\/em> that they should be held accountable for. I think I’m going to buy this one and do a review of it.<\/p>\n

Gun Mania: A New Perspective \u2013 What We Must Do to Reduce Shootings, Homicides and Suicides in America is now available in print and e-book formats. In it, Bruce D. Thatcher examines the historical reasons why guns are a core element of America’s culture, why guns are not significant in the cultures of other developed nations, and policy implications for reduction of gun-related and other homicides and suicides in America.<\/p>\n

When confronted with gun-related deaths, many want guns to be the problem. They’re easy to see.\u00a0 Dealing with them should be simple and fast; just pass new laws to keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them \u2026 or from everyone. However, this approach hasn’t, doesn’t and won’t work in America.<\/p>\n

Thatcher says, “How can we reduce death and injury caused by guns?” is the wrong question. A much better question is “how can we reduce the overall rates of suicide and violent crime?”
\nGun Mania brings that question to the forefront by looking at the history of America and four other nations to identify why guns are a core element of only the American culture, and implications for reducing our rate of violent deaths.
\nThe United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand were all settled and developed, initially, by migrants from the United Kingdom.
\nBut key differences in the development circumstances led to guns becoming a core cultural element only in America.
\nBecause guns are not significant in the cultures of these other countries, they have been able to implement substantial gun control. Because guns are a core element of the American culture, the sorts of gun measures that have been accepted in the other four countries generally will not work in America.
\nWhen confronted with the problem of gun deaths, many want guns to be the problem.
\nThey’re easy to see. Dealing with them should be simple and fast; just pass new laws to keep guns away from people who shouldn’t have them, or from everyone.
\nHowever, this approach hasn’t, doesn’t and won’t work in America. A different strategy has far more potential for saving lives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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