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WOULD BANNING FIREARMS REDUCE
MURDER AND SUICIDE?
A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL AND
SOME DOMESTIC EVIDENCE
DON B. KATES* AND GARY MAUSER**
INTRODUCTION .................................................. ..........650
I. VIOLENCE: THE DECISIVENESS OF
SOCIAL FACTORS........................................... ........660
II. ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION..........................662
III. DO ORDINARY PEOPLE MURDER?........................665
IV. MORE GUNS, LESS CRIME?....................................670
V. GEOGRAPHIC, HISTORICAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC
PATTERNS.......................................... .....................673
A. Demographic Patterns ..................................676
B. Macro‐historical Evidence: From the
Middle Ages to the 20th Century .................678
C. Later and More Specific Macro‐Historical
Evidence.......................................... ................684
D. Geographic Patterns within Nations ..........685
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