firearms ownership

Discusses the violence that can occur when gangs have guns.

Examines the relationship between drugs and gun violence in modern society.

Discusses the various side of the gun control debate.

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.

Presents an overview of the issue of gun control in the United States, and provides varying perspectives on the meaning of the Second Amendment, the effectiveness of gun control laws, and whether gun manufacturers should be held responsible for gun-related deaths.

Contains a selection of primary sources that represent all sides of the debate over gun control and violence.

Contains over twenty essays in which criminologists, law enforcement officers, researchers, and gun-control advocates and opponents present their arguments about private ownership of handguns, the Constitutional right to bear arms, self-defense, and gun violence.

Presents opposing arguments on gun control, including gun availability and its influence on society, the constitutionality of gun control, effective measures in reducing gun violence, and the effects of a gun ban on society.

Presents twenty-four opposing argument essays on four questions regarding guns and violence: whether gun violence is a serious problem, whether government measures reduce gun violence, whether gun control is constitutional, and whether gun ownership is an effective means of self-defense.