• E4J University Module Series: Firearms

• Module 3: The Legal Market in Firearms

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • The history of the legitimate arms market
  • The need for a legitimate market
  • The key actors in the legitimate market
  • Summary
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

• First published in June 2019

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This module is a resource for lecturers

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module.

• Arming All Sides (nd). Arming All Sides Project: The Arms Trade Before, During and After the First World War . On The Record/Campaign Against the Arms Trade.
• Meyer, Paul (2014). A Banner Year for Conventional Arms Control? The Arms Trade Treaty and the Small Arms Challenge. Global Governance, 20(2): 203-212.
• Muggah, Robert (2004). Diagnosing Demand: Assessing the Motivations and Means for Firearms Acquisition in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. State, Society and Governance in Melanesia, Discussion Paper 2004/7, Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
• Newton, George and Franklin Zimring (1969). Firearms and Violence in American Life . Washington: National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence.

 

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