Document Type
Working Paper
Publication Date
9-24-2014
SSRN Discipline
Legal Scholarship Network; Law School Research Papers - Legal Studies; Law & Society eJournals; Law & Society: Public Law eJournals; LSN Subject Matter eJournals; Cognitive Science Network; Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence & Legal Philosophy eJournals; Political Science Network; Health Law eJournals
Abstract
Nearly 20000 Americans each year commit suicide using a gun Many would survive if it were more difficult to obtain the gun The proposal here is not gun control but self control Specifically this article proposes allowing individuals to confidentially put their names into the existing federal background check system and thereby to prevent their own future firearm purchases Empowering people to restrict their own access to guns has the potential to save many lives is supported by other selfbinding regimes and poses no serious constitutional concerns
Recommended Citation
Fredrick E. Vars,
Self-Defense Against Gun Suicide,
(2014).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_working_papers/723