I have to write a paper for my Honors Civics class on a public policy that has to be accompanied by a book report relating to the public policy. I was searching online and wasn't really able to pick out the better books on gun control laws or find that many for that matter.
If anyone has any recommendations, preferably nonfiction, it would be greatly appreciated.What are some good books on gun control laws in the United States?
Read ';More Guns, Less Crime'; by John Lott. In the book, Lott demonstrates that changes in gun control laws that make guns less available lead to an increase in violent crime and changes that make guns more available lead to a decrease in violent crime.What are some good books on gun control laws in the United States?
Here yo go:
Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Social Institutions and Social Change) by Gary Kleck
Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America by Gary Kleck
Armed: New Perspectives on Gun Control by Gary Kleck and Don B. Kates
The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms %26amp; Violence by Don B. Kates, Gary Kleck, John K. Lattimer,
A tribute to a view I have opposed. (response to article by Gary Kleck and Marc Gertz
The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong by John R. Lott
More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws by John R. Lott Jr.
You can find most of these at Amazon
Just google the state laws in question, and remember, they vary almost by the day.
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