Pollard Memorial Library (Lowell)

Gun violence, Noël Merino, book editor

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-188) and index

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Gun violence

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Noël Merino, book editor

Opposing viewpoints

This collection of articles pro and con on gun violence debates whether gun violence is a serious problem, the factors that contribute to gun violence, the extent to which gun ownership regulations reduce gun violence, and what should be done to reduce gun violence

How serious is the problem of gun violence? Gun violence in the United States is a public health concern / Scott R. Kegler and James A. Mercy ; Gun violence in the United States has declined / D'Vera Cohn, Paul Taylor, Mark Hugo Lopez, Catherine A. Gallagher, Kim Parker, and Kevin T. Maass ; Young guns : how gun violence is devastating the millennial generation / Chelsea Parsons and Anne Johnson ; There is a problem with politics, not guns, in the United States / Michael Schaus ; There is an epidemic of school shootings / Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns ; Gun violence is decreasing and school shootings are rare / Dewey G. Cornell -- What factors contribute to gun violence? America's exceptional gun culture / Elias Gross ; The drug war is a cause of inner-city gun violence / Trevor Burrus ; The guns of Chicago : and the safe sidewalks of New York / Heather Mac Donald ; Mental illness has proven itself a risk factor for gun violence / Ann Coulter ; Guns-- not the mentally ill-- kill people / Abby Rapoport -- Do gun ownership regulations reduce gun violence? Background checks need to be expanded and strengthened / Josh Horwitz ; The "40 percent" myth / John Lott ; Allowing armed citizens reduces gun violence / Wayne Allyn Root ; Allowing armed citizens does not reduce gun violence / Mark Follman ; The private gun sale loophole needs to be closed / Mayors Against Illegal Guns ; Treating personal transfers like retail sales would violate rights / Dave Kopel -- What should be done to reduce gun violence? Gun regulations are necessary and allowed under the second amendment / Mark Nuckols ; Gun regulations are ineffective and threaten the second amendment / Robert A. Levy ; More law enforcement, not more regulation, reduces gun violence / Steve Chapman ; Shame on U.S. : how many tiny coffins do we need next time? / Mike Lupica ; ABC : but 'assault weapons' bans just make guns look different / Charles C.W. Cooke

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