1. Chapter 10 "In a single year, guns are used to murder about 15 people in Japan, 30 people in Great Britain, 100 people in Canada, and about 11,000 in the United States." Criminal Justice in Action, 4th Edition, Larry K. Gaines & Roger LeRoy Miller, Thomson Wadsworth 2008

2. Chapter 10 Two gun problems: Small problem: “criminals” & gun crimes Big problem: “non-criminals” & gun crimes + suicides + accidents (Example: Homicides about 80% “non-criminals”) Much confusion about these issues!

3. Chapter 10 Which type of guns is at issue, Handguns (dense urban pops, crime, juveniles) how many of these are there, 90 million + 20% of households own handguns and who owns them? Men, white, South/West, non-poor, increasingly juveniles

4. Chapter 10 How much gun-related crime is there in US? 1 million gun crimes per year, guns usually not fired, usually used to intimidate. Only 10% of gun crimes involve injury Victims similar to offenders - non-criminals!! DISCUSS (Media problem) (Plus many thousands of suicides & accidents!)

5. Chapter 10 What are handguns primarily used for by both offenders and victims? Guns are typically bought for self-protection, but are typically used to intimidate in a noncriminal context – arguments/disputes. Guns are bought for self-protection, but actually put the owner and family at much higher risk of injury/death (and prosecution)!

6. Chapter 10 Why does the US have so many gun laws, and why don’t they reduce gun violence? “20,000 gun laws” - (divide by several thousand jurisdictions - states, cities, counties) Most relate to paperwork or are crime-related Enforcement is typically reactive.

7. Chapter 10 What are “supply reduction” Gun control - focus on proliferation and “demand reduction” strategies? Deterrence - focus on criminals as basic problem (ignores non-criminal, suicides, accidents) i.e., most of the real problems!

8. Chapter 10 Why are “banning” and “buy back” strategies unlikely to work? Huge supply, open market Proliferation - huge numbers of guns!

9. Chapter 10 Why is the “bad person” strategy ineffective? Much of the gun trade is private and unregistered - individual to individual. Enforcement is expensive and intrusive. Note: Also doesn’t get at the real problems!

10. Chapter 10 Why are “restrict carrying” laws ineffective? “Keep guns at home” laws (Bartley-Fox) Routinization and net widening Gets the “wrong people”

11. Chapter 10 Why is the “gun seizure” (KC experiment) approach doubtful? Focused enforcement especially cars Expensive, intrusive, often racist Plus adaptation “stash guns”

12. Chapter 10 Why is allowing “law abiding citizens” to carry guns unlikely to reduce crime? “Law abiding citizens” are most common offenders and victims of gun violence Several issues confused here - Lott and Mustard and lying with statistics about self-defense plus probs of crossfire and collateral injury.

13. Chapter 10 Why doesn’t mandatory sentencing reduce gun violence? Dipping into third layer - most gun related offenders are not criminals, not repeaters, and not “rational” (no deterrence - impulsive) Non-criminals using guns to intimidate! At best, too little too late.

14. Chapter 10 FBI-SHRs illustrates gun dilemma more clearly Young, male, acquaintance, nonfelony - “impulsive” less than 20% of homicides by “criminals” more than 80% of homicides by non-criminals “arguments, alcohol, and a handy gun”

15. Chapter 10 Comment: Back to the basic problem of guns and urbanization