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Rampage Nation: Securing America from Mass Shootings
Rampage Nation Securing America from Mass Shootings Author:Louis Klarevas In the past decade, no individual act of violence has killed more people in the United States than the mass shooting. This well-researched, forcefully argued book introduces the "trinity of violence" framework (perpetrator, weapon, target) -- a concept that helps us understand why these acts of brutality occur and guides us in dev... more »eloping strategies for reducing the carnage of such atrocities. The author, a security analyst with both national and international experience, proposes several original policy prescriptions for stemming gun rampages, including the establishment of multi-jurisdictional task forces to assess active shooter threats and the creation of special gun courts to recover illegal guns.
Contrary to much conventional wisdom, the author presents findings indicating that mass shootings have increased in frequency and lethality in recent years, that gun-friendly laws do not deter shooting sprees, and that the federal assault weapons ban helped drastically reduce gun massacres. He also shows how other advanced democracies successfully zeroed out high-fatality mass shootings through increased ownership restrictions and buy-back programs. Calling attention to the unique security threat of mass shootings, Rampage Nation demonstrates that there are practical ways to stem this growing form of gun violence through smart, creative solutions.« less