Gun control
Subtitle: restricting rights or protecting people?
By: Sandra M. Alters
Edition: 2009 ed.
Series: Information Plus reference series; Information Plus reference series; Gale virtual reference library
Publisher: Gale
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9781414457628; 9781414433752
Subjects: Gun control; Statistics; History; Firearms ownership; Firearms; Law and legislation; Firearms and crime; Gunshot wounds; Public opinion; Youth and violence
Description: Explores various aspects of gun control in the United States. Includes information on firearms laws, firearms and crimes, guns and youth, public attitudes toward gun control, and gun control laws.
Notes: "Formerly published by Information Plus, Wylie, Texas."

"ISSN 1534-1909."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The history of the right to bear arms; title: How many guns are there, and who owns them?; title: Firearm laws, regulations, and ordinances; title: Court rulings on firearms; title: Firearms and crime; title: Gun-related injuries and fatalities; title: Guns and youth; title: Public attitudes toward gun control; title: There should be stricter gun control laws; title: There should not be stricter gun control laws.