Columbine and other highly publicized shootings have kept America's century-old gun debate in the forefront of public attention.Using selections from historians, criminologists, social scientists, pub
Kleck (criminology and criminal justice, Florida State U.) and lawyer Don Kates summon evidence and research on guns and violence to argue that guns are unfairly demonized. Topics addressed include m
This illuminating study traces the transformation of the right to arms from its inception in English and colonial American law to today's impassioned gun-control debate. As historian and legal scholar
Gun control remains one of the hottest topics on America's agenda. Increased violence, gang wars in metropolitan areas, and the prevalence of guns in the United States frequently bring this debate to
