How should American society work to reduce gun violence?
Topics and subtopics:
Gun control
Current gun laws
Proposed gun laws
Gun violence
Criminal activity involving guns
Books, Ebooks, and Videos from the Library
Gun Violence by Louise Gerdes
Call Number: South Social Issues HV7435 .G862 2011
ISBN: 9780737749663
Publication Date: 2010-10-29
Essays examining controversial topics related to guns and gun control.
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ISBN: 9780815753124
Publication Date: 2003-02-21
Compared with other developed nations, the United States is unique in its high rates of both gun ownership and murder. Although widespread gun ownership does not have much effect on the overall crime rate, gun use does make criminal violence more lethal and has a unique capacity to terrorize the public. Gun crime accounts for most of the costs of gun violence in the United States, which are on the order of $100 billion per year.
That Every Man Be Armed by Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: KF3941 .H35 2013
ISBN: 9780826352989
Publication Date: 2013-02-15
That Every Man Be Armed, the first scholarly book on the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, has played a significant role in constitutional debate and litigation since it was first published in 1984. Halbrook traces the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the English republicans, then to the American Revolution and Constitution, through the Reconstruction period extending the right to African Americans, and onward to today's controversies. With reviews of recent literature and court decisions, this new edition ensures that Halbrook's study remains the most comprehensive general work on the right to keep and bear arms.
Gun Control and Gun Rights by Constance Emerson Crooker
Call Number: HV7436 .C76 2003
ISBN: 0313321744
Publication Date: 2003-06-30
Students will find a balanaced historical overview of the gun control debate throughout American history.
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