Annotated Bibliography
- WHO, European Detailed Mortality Database, 2012
- (This source was used to obtain a correlation between homicide and guns per capita)
- Daniel W. Webster, et al., “Preventing the Diversion of Guns to Criminals through Effective Firearm Sales Laws,” Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, p. 110. 2013.
- (Claim: Gun laws are ineffective. Reason: Only 1 in 10 inmates convicted of gun crime said they bought their gun from a licensed dealer. Gun laws ineffective.)
- Kleck and Gertz, "Armed Resistance to Crime," The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 1995. Vol. 86, No. 1. pg. 173, 185.
- (Claim: The presence of a gun on an individual can be a discouraging factor in committing a crime. Reason: 3/5 of felons polled agreed, "a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun”)
- A.L. Kellerman, F.P. Rivara, N.B. Rushforth, J.G. Banton, D.T. Reay, J.T. Francisco, A.B. Locci, J. Prodzinski, S.B. Hackman, G. Somes, Gun ownership as a risk factor for homicide in the home, N. Engl. J. Med., Vol. 329, Iss. 15, 1993, 1084-1091
- (Guns kept in homes are more likely to be involved in a fatal or nonfatal accidental shooting, criminal assault, or suicide attempt than to be used to injure or kill in self-defense.)
- Miller M., Azrael D., Hepburn L., Hemenway D., Lippman S. J. The association between changes in household firearm ownership and rates of suicide in the United States, 1981-2002. Injury Prevention, 12, 178-182.
- Gun ownership is linked to suicide. Limiting guns could lower suicide rate.
- Kellermann, A. L., et al. "Gun Ownership as a Risk Factor for Homicide in the Home." The New England journal of medicine 329.15 (1993): 1084-91. ProQuest. Web. 8 Dec. 2014.
- Gun ownership is correlated with homicide in the home. Reducing gun availability may help prevent homicide.
- Mantel, Barbara. "Gun Control." CQ Researcher 8 Mar. 2013: 233-56. Web. 31 Oct. 2014.
- This articles presents opinion on whether gun bans violate the second amendment. Presents opinions from the public, politicians, lobbyists, and courts. Would be useful as a reason to support or not support gun control.
- Adams, B. (2004, November 12). Gun control debate. CQ Researcher, 14, 949-972. Retrieved from http://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/
- This article provides opinion on proposed measures to prevent gun crime. Snapshot of public opinion.
- Siegel, Michael, Craig S. Ross, and Charles III King. "The Relationship Between Gun Ownership And Firearm Homicide Rates In The United States, 1981–2010." American Journal Of Public Health 103.11 (2013): 2098-2105. PsycINFO. Web. 31 Oct. 2014.
- This article uses firearm homicide and gun ownership statistics from government sources to display a significant positive correlation between gun ownership and firearm homicide. Does not show causation.
- Bangalore, S., and Messerli, FH., “Gun ownership and firearm-related deaths”. Am J Med. 2013 Gun possession linked to gun assault. Should limit guns to limit assault.
- (Number of guns per capita in a country is a strong independent predictor of gun crime. Supports the adage that less guns equals less gun crime)
- Branas, Charles C., et al. "Investigating The Link Between Gun Possession And Gun Assault." American Journal Of Public Health 99.11 (2009): 2034-2040. PsycINFO. Web. 16 Nov. 2014.
- (Gun possession linked to gun assault. Should limit guns to limit assault
- Daniel W. Webster, et al., “Preventing the Diversion of Guns to Criminals through Effective Firearm Sales Laws,” Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, p. 110. 2013.
- (The Brady bill, which was meant to reduce gun crime by tightening gun restrictions, has shown no reductions in homicide rate attributable to the bill)
- Cook P. and Jens L., “The Limited Impact of the Brady Act: Evaluation and Implications,” Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis, pp. 22–25, 2013.
- (Although bans on assault weapons have been shown to reduce assault weapon crime, assault weapon crime accounts for so little of total gun crime that reductions in total gun crime are insignificant)
- Eric Lichtblau, “N.R.A. Leaders Stand Firm Against Gun Restrictions,” The New York Times, Dec. 23, 2012.
- (Statistics provided by the NRA on number of instances of self defense yearly)
- Cook, P., and Ludwig, J., "Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms," NIJ Research in Brief, 1997
- (Claim: Guns are a commonly a form of nonlethal self defense. Reason: Of the 2.5 million times citizens use their guns to defend themselves every year, the overwhelming majority merely brandish their gun or fire a warning shot to scare off their attackers)
- Will, George. "Are We ‘a Nation of Cowards’?," Newsweek 15 November 1993.
- (Claim: Armed citizens kill more than police. Reason: Armed citizens kill 1,527 to 606 (police).)
- McGinty, Emma E., Daniel W. Webster, and Colleen L. Barry. "Refocusing Gun Policy: To The Editor." Psychiatric Services 65.4 (2014): 563-564. PsycINFO. Web. 21 Dec. 2014.
- (Claim: Mental illness is not a strong predictor of mental illness. Debate about mentally illness and mass shootings by the media is likely to increase public stigma toward the mentally ill)
- Crime Prevention Research Center (March 31, 2014). "Comparing murder rates and gun ownership across countries"
- (Compares gun rates per capita with homicide rates. Finds a positive correlation).
- De Leo, Diego; Dwyer, Jonathan; Firman, David;& Neulinger, Kerryn (2003-6). "Trends in hanging and firearm suicide rates in Australia: Substitution of method". Suicide & Life – Threatening Behavior 33 (2): 151.
- (Data showing suicide rates in Australia plunge after the 1996 gun ban)
- Obama, Barack,. Speech at Arlington National Cemetery, Nov. 11, 2009
- (My last line. Thought it sounded good and was fitting considering the context)