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By Gary Kleck. 512 pp. New York, Aldine de Gruyter, 1991. $59.95. ISBN 0-202-30419-1.

This comprehensive assessment of the evidence concerning causal links between firearms and violence is organized according to the principal issues in the debate over gun control and has something of a surprise ending. Professor Kleck is a sociologist who presents himself as an impartial scientist without ties to any of the advocacy organizations: "The scholar's faith is that knowledge matters, and that there exists an open-minded audience ready to consider seriously the full range of pertinent ideas and evidence bearing on an issue. It is to this audience that this book is directed." As it turns out, his inquiry leads . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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