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Spanish Film & Lit Research Project (Robinson Dwyer): Gun Control in the U.S.

A collection of links & information for David Robinson Dwyer's Spanish class.

Reports

Reports from CQ Researcher - includes background history, current situation, statistics and source lists

** No passwords needed on campus; contact Anna for password info for off-campus access) **

 

"Gun Violence: Can Tougher Policies Reduce Killings?" (August 2022)

https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2022080500

"Gun Control: Should Lawmakers Tighten Firearm Restrictions?" (2013)

https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqresrre2013030800

"Gun Control: Can the United States Reduce Gun Violence?" (June 2021)

https://library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/document.php?id=cqr_ht_gun_control_2021

Books

Full Text Books at the Internet Archive - create a free account to borrow and read online

The Samurai, the Mountie and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies? (1996)

https://archive.org/details/samuraimountieco00kope

Can Gun Control Work? (Oxford University Press, 2002)

https://archive.org/details/canguncontrolwor0000jaco_f1f4

 

Articles

Gun Control Leading Issue (SIRS) - overview, Pro/Con questions and articles. Click "Find More Sources" for newspaper & magazine articles

https://explore.proquest.com/sirsissuesresearcher/document/2257695983?accountid=36629

 

"Gun Control Really Works" (Business Insider, July 2022)

https://www.businessinsider.com/gun-control-research-how-policies-can-reduce-deaths-2019-8

"Gun Policy in America" (Rand.org)

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy.html

"Why the CDC Hasn't Launched a Comprehensive Gun Study in 15 Years" (ABC News, 2016)

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-launched-comprehensive-gun-study-15-years/story?id=39873289

How U.S. Gun Culture Stacks Up With the World" (CNN, 2022)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html

Scholarly Articles


Google Scholar search results (a link in the right column will take you to a full-text version, even if the journal link asks for $$)

Search keywords <gun control in America>

 

"Rising Gun Sales in the Wake of Mass Shootings and Gun Legislations" (Journal of Primary Prevention, 2021)

https://www.proquest.com/docview/2490900327?fromopenview=true&pq-origsite=gscholar

"Youth Opinions about Guns and Gun Control in the United States" (Journal of the American Medical Association, 2021)

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/articlepdf/2688777/jamapediatrics_Van_Sparrentak_2018_ld_180015.pdf