Gun Control In The United States: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues)

This up-to-date second-edition work will stimulate and clarify readers' thinking on the key issues surrounding guns in the United States--especially on the debate over gun control. * Provides a balanced view of the contemporary gun debate in the United States, explaining the positions of both gun rights proponents and advocates of stricter gun control without demonizing either * Draws on a vast array of research in criminology, history, law, medicine, politics, and social science to provide one of the most comprehensive single-source references on gun issues * Presents current and historical data on U.S. gun violence--including homicides, suicides, and accidental shoots--and places these numbers against international statistics on gun violence, thereby providing the context to enable readers to reach their own opinion on the gun debate

• | Author: Gregg Lee Carter
• | Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• | Publication Date: Jan 31, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 424 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Political Science
• | ISBN-10: 1440835667
• | ISBN-13: 9781440835667