Annotated bibliography
Micheal. "Currently: Do Gun Control Laws Work? A Look at the Data." Weblog post. Currently: Do Gun
Control Laws Work? A Look at the Data. N.p., 22 Dec. 2012. Web. 13 Oct. 2013.
This article is about the statistical correlation between gun control and the population. It gives
statistical data and graphs that show all of the relationships with guns and murder as well as the years it
increases and decreases. This will be very essential to my project over gun control by showing the hard
data as well as the very well explained benefits of having weapons as homeowners and casual civilians
walking on the streets.
Margarian, Gregory P. Rep. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Speaking Truth to Firepower: How the First Amendment
Destabilizes the Second. Web. 11 Oct. 2013.
This report from this person is going to be a substantial help to my paper. This article talks about how
the 1st amemdment allows us to have guns by justifying the 2nd amendment. It explains every little bit
from the preamble of the constitution to the bill of rights itself. I love how it justifies that our freedom
to live life with liberty and the pursuit of happiness and the oppression from the government
intervening with gun control affects the people’s right to live happy by taking that right away. With the
report also having citations and published from a university I feel it will be a big help to my paper.
United States. Government Accountability Office. GUN CONTROL States’ Laws and Requirements for
Concealed Carry Permits Vary across the Nation. By GAO. United States Government, July 2012. Web. 11
Oct. 2013.
This source was published by our nation’s government. What it talks about is the statistics and
requirements of carrying a concealed weapon from state to state. Through the hard data you can see
how many citizens actually carry a weapon and the state requirements that are needed to be able to
carry the weapon. With this article I can reinforce the idea and the correlation between the uses of a
deadly weapon and how many citizens actually carry a firearm on them. I can also show that not a liot
of people are allowed to carry a weapon unless they have the requirements that the state wants. Also I
can show a correlation of crime in states that ban concealed weapons and the ones that do not.
United States. Government Accountability Office. GUN CONTROL Sharing Promising Practices and
Assessing Incentives Could Better Position Justice to Assist States in Providing Records for Background
Checks. By GAO. United States Government, July 2012. Web. 11 Oct. 2013.
In this article, we see what kind of procedures the state actually does for gun control by showing the
background checks and the requirements for the individual themselves to be able to buy a weapon. It
shows what kind of background check you need and what mental or psychotic issues an individual might
have. It shows the procedures by saying what forms they use and what the state actually asks for in a
background check. It will help reinforce the research paper by showing that the states need to reinforce
more on the background checks and saying that, they should be able to eliminate the people who
actually kill other humans and allow the law abiding citizens access to weapons and firearms for
personal protection.
Lott, John R. More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-control Laws. 3rd ed. Chicago:
University of Chicago, 1998. Print.
In this article the title explains all. The author shows the relationship that more guns equals less
violence. He does this by showing the research data throughout the years and shows that the increase
in firearms is actually causing less crime than producing it. The author also shows the benefits and the
disadvantages that firearms bring in this world. Not only does this article provide insight on the subject
on gun control, but it also is used widely by gun control opposers to show the advocates the hard data
and the advantages of guns to the point where the advocates cannot come back with a valid argument.
United States. US Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Reducing Gun Violence: Community
Problem Solving in Atlanta. By Authur L. Kellermann, Dawna Fuqua-Whitley, and Constance S.
Parramore. United States Government, June 2006. Web. 10 Oct. 2013.
In this article provided by the government, it shows procedures taken to reduce gun violence in
the state of Georgia. In this article it shows the process and procedures that the state is taking in order
to reduce the crime with guns against citizens. It also shows the problem that is being cause by guns
and the actions to help stop those problems. This article will show a good counter argument to the side
of favoring gun control so there is a little less bias in the paper and to show the other sides argument.
FBI. "National Instant Criminal Background Check System." FBI. FBI, 21 May 2010. Web. 12 Oct. 2013.
This website from the fbi reinforces the idea of criminal background checks in order to possess a
firearm. It shows that if you did crime or you have a felony that you will not be permitted to buy a
firearm. Instead of it being a state guideline to buying firearms, it is implied that this is a government
guideline that all states should abide by. In saying this, this can help reinforce the argument that the
states do have a preventive guide to help separate the good from the bad when selling firearms. Now
this is just a general guideline so the states can still add more onto it depending on their choice.
Harcourt, Bernard E. Guns, Crime, and Punishment in America. New York: New York UP, 2003. Print.
This book talks about everything involving gun control. It talks about the measures that both
sides do to help their own cause, gun tracing, the second amendment and its restrictions, etc. It is a
good informative book when it comes to gun control because it isn’t bias and doesn’t lean on one side.
Instead this book actually gives more facts and a little bit of opinion but that’s normal with most books.
Its going to provide a non-bias look in the research paper by providing information from both sides of
the gun control debate.
Agresti, James D., and Reid K. Smith. "Gun Control - Just Facts." Gun Control - Just Facts. Just Facts, 13
Sept. 2010. Web. 11 Oct. 2013
In this website it shows only facts about gun control. It shows nothing but hard data that no one can
really say anything against. It gives some general facts but it goes into more specific detail like
ownership and background checks to accidents and victims to crime. It has such a wide variety of topics
that are related to the gun control debate. For example it talks about crime and self-defense and the
repercussions it impacts on the population as well as the politics involved in gun control. It is set in a
non-bias way to satisfy both parties of the gun control debate.