Gun Violence | Chapter 4 Preface

Traditionally, debates over how to reduce gun violence have focused on the gun control controversy: Anti-gun groups have pushed for restrictions or bans on guns, while pro-gun groups have argued that criminals who use guns, not guns themselves, should be locked up. More recently, efforts to reduce gun violence have focused on new technologies that could make guns safer. One proposed approach to making guns safer is to install trigger locks, which would require the user to know the proper combination to fire the gun. A more advanced, so-called “smart gun” technology would recognize a...

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