Hemenway, David

Hemenway, David, Sara J. Solnick, and Deborah R. Azrael. Firearms and Community Feelings of Sziety. Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology, vol. 86, 1995, pp. 121-132. Reports a survey that finds that about 85 percent of non-gun owners would feel less safe if more people in their community owned guns, while for gun owners, about 50 percent would feel safer, and 50 percent less safe. 

Hemenway, David, Sara J. Solnick, and Deborah R. Azrael. Firearm Training and Stornge. JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 273, January 4, 1995, p. 46. This study found that gun owners who participated in firearms training courses were more likely to store their... 

Hemenway, David. Regulation of Firearms. The New England Journal of Medicine, v. 339, September 17, 1998, pp. 843ff. Argues that regulators should focus on imposing safety requirements and tightening controls on gun distribution to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. 

Blendon, Robert J., John T. Young, and David Hemenway. The American Public and the Gun Control Debate. JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 275, June 12, 1996, pp. 1719ff. Breaks down public opinion in a detailed analysis of attitudes toward guns, nature of gun ownership, and responses to a variety of specific proposals. Although some of the data is becoming stale, the approach and organization are instructive. 

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