TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Gun control: a European perspective
JO  - Essays in philosophy
A1  - Müller, Vincent C.
SP  - 247
EP  - 261
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - From a European perspective the US debate about gun control is puzzling because we have no such debate: It seems obvious to us that dangerous weapons need tight control and that 'guns' fall under that category. I suggest that this difference occurs due to different habits that generate different attitudes and support this explanation with an analogy to the habits about knives. I conclude that it is plausible that individual knife-people or gun-people do not want tight regulatory legislation--but tight knife and gun legislation is morally obligatory anyway. We need to give up our habits for the greater good.     Keywords : gun control  regulation  rights  gun legislation  knife legislation  freedom  free rider<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1526-0569
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.7710/1526-0569.1535
ID  - ref1
ER  -