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3 Police L.Q. 44 (1973-1974)
A Step toward Control of Violence by Firearms

handle is hein.journals/polqua3 and id is 96 raw text is: BRUCE L. DANTO, M.D. B.A., M.S. W., andM.D., Wayne State University; formerly psychi- atric school worker, Northville State Hospital; and Special In- structor, Graduate School of Social Work, Associate Professor, Wayne State University; presently Founder and Director, Suicide Prevention Center, Detroit Psychiatric Institute. A STEP TOWARD CONTROL OF VIOLENCE BY FIREARMS By Bruce L. Danto, M.D. Very few issues have aroused as much emotional reaction as that of firearm control and the rising incidence of homicide and violence in general.' -2-3 Firearm owners and users vehemently agrue about the constitutional right to bear arms and the opponents cite the reality of violence and the role of the gun in the discharge of such violence.4 Society appears to be in a position of checkmate as nothing substantial has been accomplished and the growing numbers of victims is rising. Recently, in Detroit, the author proposed a plan to an aide of one of the city councilmen. It was felt that such a plan might help to reduce firearm induced violence. The frame of reference is violence which occurs between neighbors or within families, violence which involves the person who purchases his firearm in a lawful manner. In Michigan, current law forbids the purchase of a firearm by a citizen I A Question of Guns. Newsweek, Jupe 24, 1968, pp. 81-85. 2 The Gun in America. Time Magazine, June 21, 1969, pp. 81-85. 3Bakal, C. The Failure of Federal Gun Control Saturday Review, July 3, 1971, pp. 4 12-15,49-50. Danto, B. L. Firearms and Their Role in Homicide and Suicide. Life-Threatening Behavior. 1:10-17, Spring, 1971.

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