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| Author: David Hemenway
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 900719
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
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Pages: 344
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Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0472114050
Dewey Decimal Number: 617.1450973
EAN: 9780472114054
ASIN: 0472114050
Publication Date: February 17, 2004
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 Hemenway Discloses Dangers Posed by Unregulated Gun Industry April 24, 2004
19 out of 41 found this review helpful
Respected Harvard researcher David Hemenway blows apart the myth perpetuated by the gun lobby that more guns mean less crime. His research decisively demonstrates that higher rates of firearms ownership mean higher rates of gun death and injury. This is a must read for anyone concerned about public health--particularly parents. Hemenway's findings are as vital to our nation's public health as those linking cigarette smoke with cancer. Unfortunately, this is information the gun lobby is anxious to stifle since it logically leads to imposition of health and safety regulation on the unregulated gun industry--a status currently shared only by the tobacco industry.
Unbiased Research April 23, 2004
12 out of 22 found this review helpful
David Hemenway is a true professional. He takes a topic like guns, which can at times be incendiary, removes the politics and emotion, and presents a thorough analysis of their dangers. Hemenway rises above the fray to deliver a factual, unbiased book. He shows that researchers are stil out out there who possess integrity as opposed to personal agendas.
Exposes gun violence as a public health issue April 23, 2004
11 out of 20 found this review helpful
This is a thoroughly-researched book that helps to understand the handgun epidemic for what it is - an epidemic. By treating gun violence as a public health issue rather than one simply of crime, our nation will finally be able to successfully address this evil that regularly kills 30,000 Americans every single year. I highly recommended this book for all Americans who are interested in working to end gun violence in our nation. Kudos, Dr. Hemenway, on another piece of excellent research!
A Review of Private Guns Public Health April 22, 2004
15 out of 38 found this review helpful
I read Private Guns Public Health and found the research impecable and the findings to be common sense and in-line with the public health crisis caused by shootings. The common sense approach taken by this book should be required reading for every student and parent in the US. No other industrialized country suffers from the epidemic of gun violence as we do in the United States, and the primary difference between the US and the rest of the world is the easy availability of handguns. The fact that suicide is the leading cause of gun death should be a reminder that a depressed teen or older adult with access to a handgun may die before an intervention can take place should remind those that care, that a life is more precious than the right to keep an unlocked loaded handgun in your home.
Just the Facts Please April 22, 2004
12 out of 26 found this review helpful
The debate over guns in America is often more smoke than bacon, but this book brings well thought out, persuasive scholarship to this controversial topic.Why shouldn't we treat gun violence as a public health problem? Good question -- and Professor David Hemenway has cogent, on target answers. A lot of Americans want to make this an emotional issue. It's not; it's a life, death and injury issue. Hemenway is a public health professor who knows his stuff. Put aside your arsenal of biases for a few hours and read his book. He offers an approach that should become as American as apple pie. I give it a five bullet rating.
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