10.2190/V9KA-MYJ4-C8E0-8E1E V9KAMYJ4C8E08E1E 5 Environment of Risk and Determinants of Racial Attitudes Toward Gun Regulation: A Test of the Social Reality Thesis 229 248 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 V9KAMYJ4C8E08E1E.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=V9KAMYJ4C8E08E1E 3 Paula D. McClain Center for Public Affairs, Arizona State University Despite the years of heated debate surrounding the issue of gun regulation, little is known about the attitudes of or the determinants of attitudes of blacks and whites toward this policy issue. The questions addressed here are whether the social realities of whites and blacks are so different that they produce disparate attitudes toward gun regulation and also produce different determinants of such attitudes. Data collected through a mail questionnaire from black and white residents of high and low homicide risk neighborhoods in Detroit are used to test the hypotheses. 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