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    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know
    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know
    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know
    Audiobook7 hours

    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know

    Written by Philip J. Cook and Kristin A. Goss

    Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon

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    About this audiobook

    No topic is more polarizing than guns and gun control. From a gun culture that took root early in American history to the mass shootings that repeatedly bring the public discussion of gun control to a fever pitch, the topic has preoccupied citizens, public officials, and special interest groups for decades.

    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know® delves into the issues that Americans debate when they talk about guns. With a balanced and broad-ranging approach, noted economist Philip J. Cook and political scientist Kristin A. Goss thoroughly cover the latest research, data, and developments on gun ownership, gun violence, the firearms industry, and the regulation of firearms. The authors also tackle sensitive issues such as the effectiveness of gun control, the connection between mental illness and violent crime, the question of whether more guns make us safer, and ways that video games and the media might contribute to gun violence. No discussion of guns in the U.S. would be complete without consideration of the history, culture, and politics that drive the passion behind the debate. Cook and Goss deftly explore the origins of the American gun culture and the makeup of both the gun rights and gun control movements.

    Written in question-and-answer format, the book will help listeners make sense of the ideologically driven statistics and slogans that characterize our national conversation on firearms. This book is a must-listen for anyone interested in getting a clear view of the issues surrounding guns and gun policy in America.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJul 24, 2018
    ISBN9781977388544
    The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know

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    • 4/5
      If you are more on the gun control side, you will probably find this book fair and balanced. If you are more on the gun rights side, you will probably think this book is biased. I personally found the book to be pretty straightforward and comprehensive. When considering all evidence for whether guns have a net positive or negative effect on society, it seems that more common sense gun control measured will reduce homicides, suicides, and other shootings. That’s not to say that a gun can never be useful in defending yourself.

      My main criticism is the narrator. He’s a bit monotone. I found my attention drifting elsewhere.

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