Opinion survey data have been used to assert that the public’s desire for serious gun control has been blocked by the “gun lobby.” This construction is opposed by a survey-based counter construction developed by the gun lobby. The superiority of the gun...
A rationale for investigating subcultures of firearms ownership is developed. Two gun-owning populations are investigated by using survey data for the State of Illinois, those who own guns for sport and those who own guns for protection. Models of individual level gun...
The case for legal restrictions on gun ownership and use as a strategy for reducing criminal violence relies on factual assumptions about the nature of gun ownership and violent behavior. Five of the most crucial ones are identified and subjected to a comparison with...
McDowall, Loftin, and Wiersma (1996) avoid our criticisms of the univariate interrupted time series design (ITSD) by misstating our criticisms, by addressing what they claim we ”implied” rather than what we plainly stated, and by ignoring crucial points in...
Illinois requires a Firearms Owners Identification Card (FOIC) before a firearm may be legally possessed. FOIC data encompass owner sex, age, and county of residence. This study obtained data as of 1976. Data on gun types owned were secured from the statewide...