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From 1996-2001 the National Opinion Research Center carried out a series of national RDD surveys known as the National Gun Policy Surveys. This paper analyzes these studies and discusses the following points: 1) level of support for several dozen gun control and gun safety policies, 2) use of and exposure to guns, 3) impact of Columbine and other school shootings on gun control attitudes, 4) impact of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on gun sales and attitudes towards gun control, and 5) predictors of gun control attitudes, including gun use and exposure variables. |
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Name: American Sociological Association
URL: http://www.asanet.org
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MLA Citation:
| Smith, Tom. "'Public Opinion on Gun Control'" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA,, Aug 14, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p108452_index.html> |
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| Smith, T. W. , 2004-08-14 "'Public Opinion on Gun Control'" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA, Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p108452_index.html |
Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
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Abstract: From 1996-2001 the National Opinion Research Center carried out a series of national RDD surveys known as the National Gun Policy Surveys. This paper analyzes these studies and discusses the following points: 1) level of support for several dozen gun control and gun safety policies, 2) use of and exposure to guns, 3) impact of Columbine and other school shootings on gun control attitudes, 4) impact of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 on gun sales and attitudes towards gun control, and 5) predictors of gun control attitudes, including gun use and exposure variables. |
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| Public Opinion on Gun Control Tom W. Smith National Opinion Research Center University of Chicago December 2003 Introduction Each year gun violence in America causes a large number of deaths and injuries and guns are used in a enormous number of murders and other serious crimes. For example... In 1991-1999 29 000-39 500 deaths annually were caused by firearms ("Firearm Deaths... " 2001). The rate of gun deaths from homicides and suicides is much higher in the United States |
| J.; and Lester K.J. "Flawed Gun Policy Research Could Endanger Public Safety " American Journal of Public Health 87 (1997) 918-921. Woolley Rachel; Kuby Alma M.; Shin Hee-Choon "1997/1998 National Gun Policy Survey: Methodology Report " NORC: Chicago 1998. 78 Wright James D. "Public Opinion and Gun Control: A Comparison of Results From Two Recent National Surveys " Annals AAPSS 455 (May 1981) 24-39. Wright James D. "Second Thoughts on Gun Control " Public Interest 91 (Spring 1988) 23-29. |
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