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GUNS, POLLS, AND DEMOCRACY IBD

GARY REED
TOP QUARK PUBLISHING CO.
07 / 2020
9781087896328
Inglés

Sinopsis

Guns, Polls, and Democracy has a simple thesis: Supermajorities of Americans should usually be able to get the laws they want. But when the problem is gun violence, that isnâÇÖt the case. Our gun violence problem is staggering: Firearm fatalities claim almost 40,000 lives in the United States each year. Active shooters garner the most attention, but firearm suicides take the largest toll. Domestic violence brings the problem home. There are also 'road rage' and 'retail rageâÇÖ shootings. And cop killings. And on and on. Americans recoil from the violence. Although deeply divided on the rhetoric of guns and gun violence, polls consistently show that most Americans actually agree on a broad range of specific policy proposals.This well-researched book carefully explains each of those proposals-including universal background checks, 'red flag' laws,áclosing theá'boyfriend' loophole, and a dozen more. But Guns, Polls and Democracy is more than an introduction to the gun policy debate. It collects polling data to assess which proposals Americans support and which they donâÇÖt. It also breaks out which proposals Republicans, Trump voters, and gun owners support and which they oppose.áPowerful members of Congressáand our state legislatures, funded by gun manufacturers, armed with gun lobbyátalking points, and buoyed by Second Amendmentáabsolutists, stand in the way of enacting the very modest measures most Americans want.áCan such a stark division between what most Americans want and what Congressáis willing (or able) to deliver be healthy for representative democracy in this country?