Working Bibliography:
"A Brief History of the NRA." The National Rifle Association Headquarters. 12 May 2015: 1. Print.
Alpers, Philip. Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis. Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 2013. Print.
“Background Checks for All Gun Sales.” Center for American Progress. Feb. 2015: 1-2. Print.
Cohen, Stuart. “Australians Urge U.S. to Look at Their Gun Laws.” NPR. n.p, 21 Dec. 2012. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Cowan, Samantha. “By the Numbers: How Canada’s Gun Laws Compare With Ours.” Takepart. n.p, 22 Oct. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.
“Gun Bans Now, Knife Bans Next – The Time to Act is NOW!” Knife Rights. n.p, n.d, Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
Hartvigsen, Matthew. "10 States with the Strictest Gun Laws." Desert News. n.p, 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 1 May 2015.
"History of Gun-Control Legislation." The Washington Post. n.p, n.d, Web. 3 May 2015.
Isikoff, Michael and Suzanne Smalley. “Back Burner for an Assault-Weapons Ban.” Newsweek. n.p, 4 Apr. 2009. Web. 21 Mar. 2015.
Kepple, Kevin, et al. “Mass Shootings Toll Exceeds 900 in Past Seven Years.” USA Today. n.p, 2 Dec. 2013. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Kleck, Gary. “Mass Shootings in Schools: The Worst Possible Case for Gun Control.” American Behavioral Scientist 52.10 (2009): 1458. Print.
Kleck, Gary. “Policy Lessons from Recent Gun Control Research.” Law and Complementary Problems 49.1 (1986): 37-38. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
Kopel, David and Jarret Wollstein. "Will You Be Safer if Guns Are Banned?" Dave Kopel. n.p, n.d, Web. 7 May 2015.
Kopel, David. “The Ideology of Gun Ownership and Gun Control in the United States.” Quarterly Journal of Ideology 18 (1995): 3-34. Print.
"Mission Statement." Parents Against Gun Violence. n.p, n.d, Web. 4 May 2015.
Noyes, Dan. “How Criminals Get Guns.” Frontline. n.p, n.d, Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
"Number of Mass Shootings in US Has Risen Sharply, FBI Report Says." The Guardian. n.p, 25 Sept. 2014. Web. 4 May 2015.
Oliva, Tony. "Why Gun Control Laws Suck." Bullets First. n.p, 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 3 Apr. 2015.
United States. National Institute of Justice. Gun Violence. Washington: GPO, 2013. Print.
Wintersteen, Kyle. "Why Are Gun Companies Moving?" Guns & Ammo. n.p, 3 Mar. 2014. Web. 2 May 2015.
Alpers, Philip. Reducing Gun Violence in America: Informing Policy with Evidence and Analysis. Baltimore: John Hopkins University, 2013. Print.
“Background Checks for All Gun Sales.” Center for American Progress. Feb. 2015: 1-2. Print.
Cohen, Stuart. “Australians Urge U.S. to Look at Their Gun Laws.” NPR. n.p, 21 Dec. 2012. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Cowan, Samantha. “By the Numbers: How Canada’s Gun Laws Compare With Ours.” Takepart. n.p, 22 Oct. 2014. Web. 11 Apr. 2015.
“Gun Bans Now, Knife Bans Next – The Time to Act is NOW!” Knife Rights. n.p, n.d, Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
Hartvigsen, Matthew. "10 States with the Strictest Gun Laws." Desert News. n.p, 17 Apr. 2013. Web. 1 May 2015.
"History of Gun-Control Legislation." The Washington Post. n.p, n.d, Web. 3 May 2015.
Isikoff, Michael and Suzanne Smalley. “Back Burner for an Assault-Weapons Ban.” Newsweek. n.p, 4 Apr. 2009. Web. 21 Mar. 2015.
Kepple, Kevin, et al. “Mass Shootings Toll Exceeds 900 in Past Seven Years.” USA Today. n.p, 2 Dec. 2013. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
Kleck, Gary. “Mass Shootings in Schools: The Worst Possible Case for Gun Control.” American Behavioral Scientist 52.10 (2009): 1458. Print.
Kleck, Gary. “Policy Lessons from Recent Gun Control Research.” Law and Complementary Problems 49.1 (1986): 37-38. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
Kopel, David and Jarret Wollstein. "Will You Be Safer if Guns Are Banned?" Dave Kopel. n.p, n.d, Web. 7 May 2015.
Kopel, David. “The Ideology of Gun Ownership and Gun Control in the United States.” Quarterly Journal of Ideology 18 (1995): 3-34. Print.
"Mission Statement." Parents Against Gun Violence. n.p, n.d, Web. 4 May 2015.
Noyes, Dan. “How Criminals Get Guns.” Frontline. n.p, n.d, Web. 14 Apr. 2015.
"Number of Mass Shootings in US Has Risen Sharply, FBI Report Says." The Guardian. n.p, 25 Sept. 2014. Web. 4 May 2015.
Oliva, Tony. "Why Gun Control Laws Suck." Bullets First. n.p, 24 Oct. 2014. Web. 3 Apr. 2015.
United States. National Institute of Justice. Gun Violence. Washington: GPO, 2013. Print.
Wintersteen, Kyle. "Why Are Gun Companies Moving?" Guns & Ammo. n.p, 3 Mar. 2014. Web. 2 May 2015.
Annotated Bibliography:
Gun control is dead but not buried. United Kingdom: New Scientist, 2013. Print.
This editorial promotes a shift in how gun control advocates should convey their ideas in order to efficiently persuade those in the debate of gun control. It does this because of how futile advocates’ attempts were because of the outcomes of events like the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary or the shooting of 12 people at the Naval Yard in DC. I believe that New Scientist approached this editorial fairly and displayed their plentiful usage of research clearly to make their point. To use this source in my Argument of Inquiry paper, I plan on first discussing the issues advocates face (hence how this article discusses exactly that), then moving on to how they can fix these issues to make gun control seem more logical.
Brody, Rachel. Decoding the Gun Debate. D.C.: U.S. News Digital Weekly, 2014, Print.
This article discusses the idea and the strength behind the Second Amendment; from that, it is fairly difficult to pass gun control laws within the Congress. The interview that takes place in this article starts chronologically, describing how the idea of individual gun ownership began to the challenges faced when passing gun legislation in Congress. The one being interviewed is Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; his ideas being voiced gives this article a large sense of impartiality. Using this in my paper relates to how I will use Gun control is dead but not buried; this interview revolves around the idea of gun control laws being tough to amend. Reasons like passion or common-sense laws are some of the examples that mitigate advocates’ power.
Ortner, Jill. Enough: Our Fight To Keep American Safe from Gun Violence. Buffalo: Library Journal, 2014, Print.
This article presents actual outcomes from when two U.S. citizens created a book to support gun control. These outcomes are described in Ortner’s book review, like the Senate’s efforts to pass legislation to close potential loopholes that allow inappropriate people to avoid background checks to purchase weapons from various spots like the Internet or gun shows. Ortner is the coordinator for Interlibrary Loan Services for the General Libraries in the University at Buffalo, so I trust her book reviews. As for the book itself, it was written by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Giffords who was gravely injured from an unstable man and his gun; this means this book was written from their own experiences, which gives the book a big sense of fairness on the topic of gun control. This source provides the outcomes when pleading for gun control; I would use those outcomes as examples of established ideas of gun control, but I would then urge for bigger changes.
Interviews: Working to Prevent Gun Violence. Chicago: Insights on Law & Society, 2013, Print.
This interview of Jonathan Lowy delineates what the Legal Action Project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence does: they seek justice for victims of gun violence by using U.S. courts. Overall, this would create some change within the debate of gun control. Throughout this interview, Lowy also describes how citizens can contribute to the debate, what can be done to mitigate gun violence, and his personal participation within the debate of gun control. Lowy is the director of the Legal Action Project so his ideas in this interview are professional because they revolve around his project; it is clear that he is well informed in the aspect of gun violence and control. For my Argument of Inquiry paper, I would use this source as an example of how people are going about advocating gun control. Lowy does it in a roundabout and interesting way: he applies his own method, using court cases, to urge gun violence to cease.
Tucker, Charlotte. Gun violence research back on federal public health agenda. (cover story). United States: Nation’s Health, 2013, Print.
This article reports President Barack Obama’s executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to start studies on preventing gun violence. However, after a study depicting the relationship between guns at home versus increased risk for homicide was censured by the National Rifle Association, Congress stopped funding gun control studies. The article seems to revolve heavily on research’s funding and what needs to change in order to keep research alive; factors like how “the field has aged and seen relatively few new researchers enter” (Tucker) need to be amended. Throughout the article, Tucker quotes multiple high-standing people like Sara Newman, chair of APHA’s Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section, and Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. In addition, Tucker speaks without bias and keeping it equal even though she appears to be pro-gun control. For my paper, I would use this article as another misfortune that gun control is faced with: funding has stopped. In addition, this article describes what is affected because funding has ceased; this makes it easier for me to describe the fixes of these issues to make gun control seem more feasible.
This editorial promotes a shift in how gun control advocates should convey their ideas in order to efficiently persuade those in the debate of gun control. It does this because of how futile advocates’ attempts were because of the outcomes of events like the shootings at Sandy Hook elementary or the shooting of 12 people at the Naval Yard in DC. I believe that New Scientist approached this editorial fairly and displayed their plentiful usage of research clearly to make their point. To use this source in my Argument of Inquiry paper, I plan on first discussing the issues advocates face (hence how this article discusses exactly that), then moving on to how they can fix these issues to make gun control seem more logical.
Brody, Rachel. Decoding the Gun Debate. D.C.: U.S. News Digital Weekly, 2014, Print.
This article discusses the idea and the strength behind the Second Amendment; from that, it is fairly difficult to pass gun control laws within the Congress. The interview that takes place in this article starts chronologically, describing how the idea of individual gun ownership began to the challenges faced when passing gun legislation in Congress. The one being interviewed is Michael Waldman, the president of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law; his ideas being voiced gives this article a large sense of impartiality. Using this in my paper relates to how I will use Gun control is dead but not buried; this interview revolves around the idea of gun control laws being tough to amend. Reasons like passion or common-sense laws are some of the examples that mitigate advocates’ power.
Ortner, Jill. Enough: Our Fight To Keep American Safe from Gun Violence. Buffalo: Library Journal, 2014, Print.
This article presents actual outcomes from when two U.S. citizens created a book to support gun control. These outcomes are described in Ortner’s book review, like the Senate’s efforts to pass legislation to close potential loopholes that allow inappropriate people to avoid background checks to purchase weapons from various spots like the Internet or gun shows. Ortner is the coordinator for Interlibrary Loan Services for the General Libraries in the University at Buffalo, so I trust her book reviews. As for the book itself, it was written by Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly, Giffords who was gravely injured from an unstable man and his gun; this means this book was written from their own experiences, which gives the book a big sense of fairness on the topic of gun control. This source provides the outcomes when pleading for gun control; I would use those outcomes as examples of established ideas of gun control, but I would then urge for bigger changes.
Interviews: Working to Prevent Gun Violence. Chicago: Insights on Law & Society, 2013, Print.
This interview of Jonathan Lowy delineates what the Legal Action Project of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence does: they seek justice for victims of gun violence by using U.S. courts. Overall, this would create some change within the debate of gun control. Throughout this interview, Lowy also describes how citizens can contribute to the debate, what can be done to mitigate gun violence, and his personal participation within the debate of gun control. Lowy is the director of the Legal Action Project so his ideas in this interview are professional because they revolve around his project; it is clear that he is well informed in the aspect of gun violence and control. For my Argument of Inquiry paper, I would use this source as an example of how people are going about advocating gun control. Lowy does it in a roundabout and interesting way: he applies his own method, using court cases, to urge gun violence to cease.
Tucker, Charlotte. Gun violence research back on federal public health agenda. (cover story). United States: Nation’s Health, 2013, Print.
This article reports President Barack Obama’s executive order for the Department of Health and Human Services to start studies on preventing gun violence. However, after a study depicting the relationship between guns at home versus increased risk for homicide was censured by the National Rifle Association, Congress stopped funding gun control studies. The article seems to revolve heavily on research’s funding and what needs to change in order to keep research alive; factors like how “the field has aged and seen relatively few new researchers enter” (Tucker) need to be amended. Throughout the article, Tucker quotes multiple high-standing people like Sara Newman, chair of APHA’s Injury Control and Emergency Health Services Section, and Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research. In addition, Tucker speaks without bias and keeping it equal even though she appears to be pro-gun control. For my paper, I would use this article as another misfortune that gun control is faced with: funding has stopped. In addition, this article describes what is affected because funding has ceased; this makes it easier for me to describe the fixes of these issues to make gun control seem more feasible.