Guns and crime / Noel Merino, book editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Merino, Noel, editor.

Series:

At issue. Crime.

At Issue. Crime

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gun control--United States.

Gun control.

Firearms and crime--United States.

Firearms and crime.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (112 pages).

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Greenhaven Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A compendium of opinion on the issue of guns and crime, including whether more stringent gun control would increase or decrease violence.

Contents:

1. Gun crime and violence have declined in recent years / Michael Planty and Jennifer L. Truman

2. Many children and teens are killed or injured by guns every year / Children's Defense Fund

3. Guns, mental illness, and Newtown / David Kopel

4. The solution to gun violence is clear / Fareed Zakaria

5. The dishonest gun-control debate / Kevin D. Williamson

6. Crime soared with Mass. gun law / Jeff Jacoby

7. Stricter gun control would likely lead to more gun violence / Jeffrey Miron

8. Gun ownership with stricter controls could reduce gun violence / Jeffrey Goldberg

9. Increased civilian gun ownership will not reduce crime / Alex Seitz-Wald

10. Face it : guns are here to stay / Trevor Burrus

11. Treasure the second amendment, but ban assault rifles / Judith Miller

12. A ban on assault weapons would not reduce crime / National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)

13. There is no easy solution to preventing gun violence / Richard A. Epstein.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780737776379

0737776374

OCLC:

930684092