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The toughest gun control law in the nation : the unfulfilled promise of New York's SAFE Act /

A comprehensive assessment of real gun reform legislation with recommendations for better design, implementation and enforcementA month after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, New York State passed, with record speed, the first and most comprehensive state post-Sandy Hook gun control law. I...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Jacobs, James B. (Author), Fuhr, Zoe (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, [2019]
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The politics of the SAFE Act
  • Was the SAFE Act necessary ?
  • Assault weapons ban and registration
  • The ban on large-capacity magazines
  • Universal background checking
  • Disarming the mentally ill
  • Disarming persons subject to domestic violence protection orders
  • Recertifying handgun licensees
  • Regulating ammunition sales and purchasers
  • New and enhanced punishments.