Citation

Swanson JW, Felthous AR. Behav. Sci. Law 2015; 33(2-3): 167-177.

Affiliation

Department of Neurology & Psychiatry, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO, U.S.A.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.2178

PMID

25874748

Abstract

Firearm violence is a top-tier public health problem in the U.S., killing 33,563 and injuring an additional 81,396 people in 2012 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, ). Given constitutional protection and the cultural entrenchment of private gun ownership in the U.S., it is likely that guns will remain widely accessible - and largely unrestricted - for the foreseeable future. Therefore, most policies and laws intended to reduce firearm violence focus selectively on preventing "dangerous people" from having access to guns. That is a formidable challenge. How do we think productively about guns and mental illness in this context, and about the role of law in lessening the toll of gun violence? Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Language: en