Yes and No to Gun Control
Tags: GUN control; CRIME; FIREARMS ownership; STATISTICS
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- Guns Save Plenty of Lives. Gallagher, Maggie // Human Events;10/08/99, Vol. 55 Issue 37, p21
Illustrates some instances on how gun ownership can help prevent crime, save lives and protect people from criminals. Importance of supporting the right of people to bear guns; Why Texas Governor George W. Bush should support the right of people to bear firearms.
- Guns & the Law. Stenning, Philip C. // Beaver;Dec2000/Jan2001, Vol. 80 Issue 6, p6
Provides information on the history of private ownership of firearms in Canada. Legal measures in the 18th and 19th century concerning gun control; Views on the use of firearms for security and commercial hunting; Rationale behind the inclusion of the private ownership of firearms in the...
- Gun fantasies. // Christian Century;2/8/2011, Vol. 128 Issue 3, p7
The article presents the author's reflections on the events of the shooting which occurred in Tuscon, Arizona on January 8, 2011 and its implications on gun control attitudes in the United States. The author asserts that the political goals of some to increase the availability of gun ownership...
- Why We Still Have a Long Way to Go. Maple, Jack // Newsweek;08/30/99, Vol. 134 Issue 9, p11
Comments on gun crimes in the United States, as of summer 1999. Public reaction to 1999 crime rates as compared to those of 1990; Comparison of violent crime rates to those of 1961; Impact of automatic and semiautomatic weapons; Advantages of limiting the power of guns produced; Steps that can...
- Negative stereotypes hurting gun stores' sales. Rose, Taina // Caribbean Business;2/12/2004, Vol. 32 Issue 6, p24
Reports on the stand of Puerto Rico gun shops with regards to the rampant use of guns in local crimes. Claim by shop owners of their inability to sell guns to criminals; Basis of the claim on the issue of getting a gun license; Concern over plans of legislators planning to amend the law...
- Gun control advocates should study World War II. Sowell, Thomas // Enterprise/Salt Lake City;05/03/99, Vol. 28 Issue 45, p26
Comments on the proposals for stronger gun control laws in the United States. Comparison of the consequences of stronger laws with those of international disarmament agreements; Results of studies on the effects of gun ownership to the incidence of crime.
- Multilateral Cooperation on Small Arms and Light Weapons: From Crisis to Collective Response. Dhanapala, Jayantha // Brown Journal of World Affairs;Spring2002, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p163
No abstract available.
- Gun control needs a rethink. van Schalkwyk, Marthius // Finance Week;09/03/99, p23
Reports on gun control in South Africa. Right of regulated, responsible weapon ownership; Provisions of the Arms and Ammunition Control Bill of 1999; Facts on gun ownership.
- Trigger-happy South Africa aims to curb a love of guns. O'Loughlin, Ed // Christian Science Monitor;12/23/97, Vol. 90 Issue 20, p1
Reports on gun ownership in South Africa. The number of South Africans killed annually by guns; Number of South Africans licensed to carry a gun; The belief by police that every legal gun has an illegal counterpart; Crimes that guns were involved in during 1997; Theft of firearms; The status of...
