Tag Archives: public opinion

12.17.96
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The American public and the gun control debate (1996)

TITLE: The American public & the gun control debate (1996)
SOURCE:  Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 275(22):1719-1722.
AUTHOR(S): Robert J. Blendon; John T. Young; David Hemenway
LINK: http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=403362

FINDINGS: US public generally support government regulation of guns as consumer products

11.17.93
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I am the NRA: an analysis of gun owners (1993)

TITLE: I am the NRA: an analysis of a national random sample of gun owners (1993)
SOURCE: Violence & Victims, 8(4), pp. 367-385
AUTHOR(S): Weil DS, Hemenway D.
LINK: http://qa.bradycampaign.org/studies/view/151/

FINDINGS: NRA members support many regulatory proposals… (1) a majority of both NRA members favored a waiting period for the purchase of a handgun (77%) and mandatory registration for handguns (59%).

NOTES: Also see related study, “A response to Kleck (NRA). Violence & Victims “(1993)