law-abiding citizens may be prosecuted for possessing an unregistered gun but a convicted felon may not be. (14)--Source: "Handgun Ban Hit As Murder Cure," Thomas L. Washington, Detroit News, June 20, 1974. (Page 7-B) (15)--Source: "Gun Control Bill Sent to D. C. Council," La Barbara Bowman, Washington Post, Feb. 12, 1975. (Page A-32; (16)--Source: Letter from Horne, NYPD. See Note 7. (17)--Source "A Preliminary Cost Analysis of Firearms Control Programs," prepared for National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence Research Associates, Incorporated (D.C.). The report concludes: "Some of the programs discussed were quite high in cost. The question as to what public benefit would result from them remains, to a large degree, unanswered. Before such programs are adopted, realistic objectives should be clearly defined and unbiased analyses performed to determine their effectiveness and costs in accomplishing these objectives." THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH, established in 1943, is a publicly supported, nonpartisan research and educational organization. Its purpose is to assist policy makers, scholars, businessmen, the press and the public by providing objective analysis of national and international issues. Views expressed in the institute's publications are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff, advisory panels, officers or trustees of AEI. Institute publications take three major forms: 1. Legislative Analyses-balanced analyses of current proposals before the Congress, prepared with the help of specialists from the academic world and the fields of law and government. 2. Studies-in-depth studies and monographs about government programs and major national and international problems, written by independent scholars. 3. Rational Debates, Meetings, and Symposia-proceedings of debates, discussions, and conferences where eminent authorities with contrasting views discuss controversial issues. ADVISORY BOARD. Paul W. McCracken, Chairman, Edmund Ezra Day University Professor of Business Administration, University of Michigan R. H. Coase, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Milton Friedman, Paul S. Russell Distinguished Service Professor of Economics, Gottfried Haberler, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research C. Lowell Harriss, Professor of Economics, Columbia University George Lenczowski, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Robert A. Nisbet, Albert Schweitzer Professor of the Humanities, Columbia University James A. Robinson, President, University of West Florida EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Herman J. Schmidt, Chairman of the Board William J. Baroody, President Charles T. Fisher III, Treasurer Richard J. Farrell Dean P. Fite Richard B. Madden SENIOR STAFF Anne Brunsdale, Director of Publications Joseph G. Butts, Director of Legislative Analysis Robert B. Helms, Director of Health Policy Studies Thomas F. Johnson, Director of Research Gary L. Jones, Assistant to the President for Administration W. S. Moore, Director of Legal Policy Studies Robert J. Pranger, Director of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Louis M. Thompson, Jr., Assistant to the President for Communication David G. Tuerck, Director, Center for Research on Advertising |