Shots Fired : : Gun Violence in the United States / / Howard Rahtz.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Rahtz, Howard,
• MitwirkendeR: Straub, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (222 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Acknowledgments --; 1 Gun Violence in the United States --; 2 The Right to Keep and Bear Arms --; 3 Firearms and Violence --; 4 Black Market Guns --; 5 The Crime Triangle: Ability to Kill --; 6 The Crime Triangle: Opportunity to Kill --; 7 The Crime Triangle: Desire to Kill --; 8 Rampage Killings --; 9 Daily Homicides --; 10 The Police Response --; 11 Moving Left of Bang --; 12 Do Something! --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626378902; 9783110783537
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626378902
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Howard Rahtz.

Mass killings. Gang violence. Street crimes. Suicides. Accidental shootings. The United States is enduring a literal epidemic of gun violence. Howard Rahtz, drawing on decades of experience as a police officer all too familiar with the horrors that guns can cause, delves deeply into the nature and impact of this epidemic. Rahtz explores each element of the triangle of ability, desire, and opportunity that typically characterizes gun violence. Going further, he also suggests practical, "left of bang" preventative actions—steps that could limit the violence while respecting contentious Second Amendment rights.