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Is Gun Control a Cultural Issue? - Huffington
Is gun control inherently, and inevitably, a cultural issue? What makes it a cultural issue?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dennis-a-henigan/is-gun-control-a-cultural_b_219136.html
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Gun Rights vs. Gun Control - OpenSecrets
The fatal shooting of 49 people at a Florida nightclub on June 12, 2016 is the latest in a long series of mass killings to restoke the national debate over gun ownership, with the Senate doing battle over the issue during the week after the tragedy.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/guns/
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A Culture of Violence - Economist
Joseph Heath, a philosophy professor at the University of Toronto, published a penetrating meditation last week on the ways ideology can distort sincere attempts at social-scientific explanation.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2015/06/mass-shootings-and-gun-control
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Is Gun Control a Social Issue? - Debate
Debate: is gun control a social issue?
http://www.debate.org/opinions/is-gun-control-a-social-issue
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Obama's Gun Control Plan Ignores US Arms Trade - Al Jazeera America
Washington's weapons trade deals in the Middle East are guided by myopic strategies rather than moral foresight
http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/11/obamas-gun-control-plan-ignores-the-excesses-of-us-arms-trade.html
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Shocking Facts About U.S. Gun Control : Discovery News
The Second Amendment has been the subject of debate for centuries now, and you might be surprised to find where that still-unsettled dispute has led the United States.
http://news.discovery.com/human/life/shocking-facts-about-us-gun-control-151209.htm
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11 Essential Facts About Guns and Mass Shootings in America - The Washington Post
What you need to know about mass shootings in the United States.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/07/24/11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-america/
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America's Deadly Devotion to Guns - The Guardian
There are around 90 guns for every 100 Americans yet, despite 85 fatal shootings a day, the mighty US gun lobby is as powerful as ever. In the wake of Trayvon Martin's killing, Gary Younge reports on the country's deadly attachment to firearms.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/apr/16/americas-deadly-devotion-guns
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Guns - Gallup Historical Trends
In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now? Do you have a gun in your home? Have you, personally, ever fired a gun, or not?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/1645/guns.aspx
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Guns in the United States - Firearms, Gun Law and Gun Control
Gun numbers, firearm homicide and crime, the impact of armed violence on health and development, gun laws and gun control in United States.
http://www.gunpolicy.org/firearms/region/united-states
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Gun Control Explained - The New York Times
Frequently asked questions about gun policy and public opinion.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/07/us/gun-control-explained.html
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Gun Control and Gun Rights - The Latest News on Gun Control - US News
Read the latest articles and commentary on gun control and gun rights at US News.
http://www.usnews.com/topics/subjects/gun-control-and-gun-rights
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How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths - The Atlantic
In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, the country has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/
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Gun Law and Policy: Firearms and Armed Violence, Country by Country
Firearm law and policy news, armed violence reduction, country-by-country small arms policy and international, evidence-based gun control information.
http://www.gunpolicy.org
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US Gun Policy - Global Comparisons
The debate over gun control in the United States has waxed and waned over the years, stirred by a series of mass killings by gunmen in civilian settings. In particular, the killing of twenty schoolchildren in Newtown, Connecticut, in December 2012 fueled a national discussion over gun laws and calls by the Obama administration to limit the availability of military-style weapons.
http://www.cfr.org/society-and-culture/us-gun-policy-global-comparisons/p29735
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Mass Shootings Preventable? These Countries Have Tried - CNN
In the wake of yet another gun-related spate of violence in the U.S., can legislation prevent mass hootings? These countries have tried.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/02/world/can-legislation-prevent-mass-shootings
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Gun Control: What We Care Learn From Other Advanced Countries
The Charleston murders have renewed the sporadic debates over whether gun control might have prevented this latest of tragedies.
http://www.newsweek.com/gun-control-what-we-can-learn-other-advanced-countries-379105
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Overview of Gun Laws by Nation - Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Gun laws and policy vary considerably around the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overview_of_gun_laws_by_nation
