Includes bibliographical references and index.

A public health perspective on gun violence prevention / Julie Samia Mair, Stephen Teret, & Shannon Frattaroli -- The limited importance of gun control from a criminological perspective / Don B. Kates -- The American gun industry : designing and marketing increasingly lethal weapons / Tom Diaz -- A cultural critique of gun litigation / Dan M. Kahan, Donald Braman, and John Gastil -- Private lawyers, public lawsuits : plaintiffs' attorneys in municipal gun litigation / Howard M. Erichson -- The NRA, the Brady campaign, and the politics of gun litigation / Timothy D. Lytton -- Gun litigation in the mass tort context / Richard A. Nagareda -- Comparing tobacco and gun litigation / Stephen D. Sugarman -- Why regulating guns through litigation won't work / Peter H. Schuck -- The complementary role of tort litigation in regulating the gun industry / Timothy D. Lytton -- Stubborn information problems and the regulatory benefits of gun litigation / Wendy Wagner -- Liability insurance and the regulation of firearms / Tom Baker and Thomas 0. Farrish -- Gun litigation and the constitution / Brannon P. Denning.

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