Guns 360

Guns 360 takes a comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and common-sense approach to some of the most difficult issues facing not only the criminal justice system but also society as a whole: firearm possession, regulation, and control.

Guns 360 takes a comprehensive and common-sense approach to some of the most difficult issues facing not only the criminal justice system but also society as a whole: firearm possession, regulation, and control. Issues related to firearms cut across all dimensions of society and are a concern to everyone from the members of the general public, law enforcement, academics, politicians, public health agencies, and the media. An interdisciplinary approach is needed to fully understand and appreciate the many facets related to firearms.

Firearm related issues cover more than mere ownership and possession. School shootings and mass shootings dominate the headlines and cause fear for both parents and students. Firearm regulation and licensing divide politicians and create solid one issue voting blocks. Firearms used in domestic violence incidents and weapons owned and used by the mentally ill generate more victims than solutions. The marketing, messaging, and purchasing of firearms are all shaped by a variety of criminological, sociological, and psychological forces used to influence commercial behavior.

This book combines academics in the fields of criminology, psychology, sociology, philosophy, economics, communications with practical experts with law enforcement, military, management, forensics, public health, medicine, and digital forensics backgrounds. This multidisciplinary approach has been brought together to further our understanding of firearms and their impacts on our society from every angle.

Firearms will never disappear, nor will the controversy surrounding them suddenly turn into agreement. What can be accomplished however is an increased knowledge, understanding, and discussion of the complex topics involved within these debates.

Part One: An Introduction to Firearm Types, Markets, and Ownership

Chapter One: Gadget Guns: A Legal and Ethical Examination of a Unique Portion of the Firearms Market by Eric S. See and Sarah A. See

Chapter Two: Regulating the American Firearms Market: Understanding the Economics of Guns by Josiah R. Baker

Chapter Three: The International Guns Market by Josiah R. Baker

Chapter Four: A Critique of Some Phenomenological Studies on Guns and Gun Ownership by Michael Potts

Part Two: Firearms and the Public: Messages from the Media, the Police, and the NRA

Chapter Five: Media Message on Guns: It’s Complicated by Kevin Swift

Chapter Six: Guns, Maps and, Media: Silencers and Loud Reports by Dan Trigoboff

Chapter Seven: Guns in America: Public Opinion, Research, and the Role of the NRA by Paul Knudson

Chapter Eight: What Every Civilian Needs to Know from Professional Law Enforcement Firearms Instructors by David Wulff and Joseph Binns

Part Three: Economics, Psychology, Politics, and Race

Chapter Nine: The Use and Misuse of Gun Data by Matthew Dobra

Chapter Ten: Guns in American Politics by Christopher Lee Cronin

Chapter Eleven: Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Summary of Psychological Research on Gun Violence by Mark Kline

Chapter Twelve: Guns and the African American Community by Lisa G. Long

Part Four: Firearms and Public Health

Chapter Thirteen: Applying Public Health Outcomes to the Culture of Gun Violence by Michelle L. Foster

Chapter Fourteen: Public Health and Guns by Deborah Morris

Chapter Fifteen: The Social Construction of Mental Illness and Its Relation to Gun Control by J. Scott Lewis

Part Five: Firearms at Work and School

Chapter Sixteen: Guns at Work: Management Considerations and Workplace Policies by Mark R. Regensburger

Chapter Seventeen: Rational-Based Policies and Irrational Actors: An Examination of Recent Tragedies at Domestic Military Installations, Houses of Worship, and Schools by David A. Mackey

Chapter Eighteen: The Effect of School Mass Shootings: Should We Be Arming Our Teachers and Students? By Nicole A. Shoenberger

Chapter Nineteen: The Tragedy of Firearms in American Schools: Student Voices, Perspectives, and Experiences by Bertha Llamas, Madeline Yeung, Mikaela Brosh, Kayla Birmingham, and Robert Szewczyk

Chapter Twenty: Weapons Prohibited: An Examination of Issues Regarding Possession of Firearms on College Campuses by Haley Lapcevich, Jason Simon, Amanda Moreschi, Courtney Platt, and Justin Shaughnessy

Part Six: Understanding the Role of Firearms in Legal and Investigative Issues

Chapter Twenty-One: Investigation of Firearm-Related Crimes by Mark Vecellio and Steve Downs

Chapter Twenty-Two: Patterns in Homicide: Revisited by Mary G. Wilson and Michelle L. Foster

Chapter Twenty-Three: Stand Your Ground Laws and the Evolution of Self-Defense in the United States by Christopher M. Bellas

Chapter Twenty-Four: Guns and Domestic Violence: When Home Isn’t so Sweet by Monica Merrill

Chapter Twenty-Five: Guns and the Dark Web: How Technological Advances Easily Facilitate Access to Firearms and Other Weaponry by Sabrina Koncaba and Karla Weinbrenner