firearms

Describes the different types of guns and traces their history, social importance, and future.

Presents a chilling up-to-date survey of the changed landscape of gun manufacturing and marketing. During the last decade, the gun industry has shifted dramtically and the rise of miltary-grade gun models has brought a numbing new level of violence.

A handbook about the facts of the Second Amendment and why the right to bear arms should remain.

Explains why the right to bear arms has always been a part of the American identity and why Americans have resisted gun control.

An exploration of the history of the use of lethal force in law enforcement in the United States since the Civil War that discusses the effectiveness of hand guns, the psychology of shooting a criminal, specific incidents, and other related topics.

When his best friend is killed in a game with a loaded gun, fifteen-year-old Connor finds his perceptions of himself and his relationships with his family, friends, and the other people in his life changed in more profound ways than he could have imagined.

Contains articles that provide varying viewpoints on the issue of gun control, discussing the power of states to regulate firearms, the meaning of the Second Amendment, the liability of gun manufacturers for negligence, and maintaining the rights of the Second Amendment.

Contains fourteen articles that provide opposing viewpoints on issues related to gun control, debating the questions of whether people should have the right to own guns, what measures will reduce gun violence and crime, and can gun control prevent school violence.

Pictures and text discuss unusual weapons over the centuries, such as the nineteenth-century sundial gun and tiger claw and the eighteenth-century cutlery pistols.