How do we measure the effectiveness of gun control?

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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2014 · Education

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Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss, authors of The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know®, discuss the fatality rate and availability of guns in the US and where the country ranks on a global scale. http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-gun-debate-9780199338993

Philip J. Cook is ITT/Terry Sanford Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics and Sociology at Duke University. He is the co-author (with Jens Ludwig) of Gun Violence: The Real Costs. Kristin A. Goss is Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at Duke University. She is the author of Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America.

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