Annotative Bibliography

Andrew Hall

English 102-028

November 7, 2011

Annotative Bibliography

Firearms: Threat to the People?

Carlson, Kierstan Lee. Fighting firearms with Fire in the OAS: A Critical Evaluation of the Inter-American Convention Against the Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Ammunition, and Other Related Materials. American University International Law Review. 2010. Web. November 2, 2011.

In this article it explains the importance of bringing the trafficking of illegal weapons to a halt. Carlson tells the reader that there is a legitimate market for the small arms and light weapons. But there are also extreme amounts of trafficking happening in the background on the black and grey markets. And from this ease of access to these arms it is becoming a danger to the people on our streets of our towns. Carlson also tells us what has become of countries in Latin American and how the trafficking of arms had affected these regions.

Lott, John R. Jr.. Does Allowing law-Abiding Citizens To Cary Concealed Handguns Save Lives?. Chicago, Il. University of Chicago Law School. 1997. Web. November 2, 2011.

In Lott’s essay he states they “The solution is clear: more regulations or even the complete eliminations of guns.” In my perspective I believe that the complete elimination of guns would be going a bit far but I would strongly encourage the strengthening of the regulations and the laws behind owning a gun. He tells us that if guns are placed into an environment that would be more prone to out rages of anger there is a higher chance of someone dying in the situation. He also gives the facts of how owners protect themselves from being attacked using guns between 700,000 and 3.5 million times each year. I believe that if you have the right training and know how skills of operating a gun that it is perfectly legal to own a gun.

Phillips, J.; Barnes, T.;  Fusselman, R.;  Haskell, Z.;  Ganschow B. . An Individual’s Right to Poses a Firearm. Idaho. Brigham Young University. 2009. Print.

This essay is being pushed to give the owner of a gun the knowledge of what right s he or she has and how they have the right to own a gun. These rights are extremely important because it comes from the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States. Each individual has the opportunity to interpret the amendment as they choose and have the right to own a gun but in having that right they should have the knowledge how to use it and operate the weapon. This essay tells us how the people have every right to own a gun and the government can’t take that from them but they do posses the power to stricken and set regulations that the people must abide by.

Kates, Don B.; Mauser, Gary A. .  Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A review of International Evidence.  Bepress Legal Series. 2006. Print.

In the “Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide? A review of International Evidence” essay they talk about the relation that a firearm being widely available to the public has any affect of the rates of murder, suicide and violence itself. On one had a person would say yes 80% of the crimes and 90% of the murders are caused my guns but are they; the saying guns don’t kill people, people kill people comes into play here as the study showed that guns aren’t the cause of the crimes, murders and violence it is the social issues and economical factors that play the major role in crimes. The is an important study because it give the officials of our government the knowledge that putting stricter demands of the regulations of gun ownership is a strongly encouraged thing and would be a better thing the long run.

Dahlberg, Linda; Ikeda, Robin; Krensnow, Marcie-jo.  Guns in the Home and Risk of a Violent Death in the Home: Findings from a National Study. Baltimore, MD. Johs Hopkins Bloomsburg School of Public Health. 2004. Print.

In a national study brought forth by Dahlberg, Ikeda, and Krensnow in 2004 they found that having a forearm in the home puts the person at a greater risk of dying from a homicide. It also brings in the conclusion of one dying form suicide and the percent was greater in homes that had guns from those homes that didn’t have guns. But all together they found that having a firearm in the home greatly raised the percent of a homicide or suicide occurring in a family.

Dezhbakhsh, H.; Rubin,P.. Lives Saved or Lives Lost? The Effect of Concealed-Handgun Law on Crime. American Economic Association. May, 1998. Print

In this article they state both side of the situation and tell us that increasing the ownership of guns may lead to the increase of crime in our nation but then we see the other side of the situation where is the ownership of guns is broader, then the potential owners of the guns may be some of the future victims and they may be able to protect themselves in a case of need. They come to the agreement that if the criminal has the knowledge that any victim that they choose to victimize may be armed then the crime rate will decrease in theory and this still give the human the right-to-carry.

Plassmann, Florenz; Whitley, John. Confirming “More Guns, Less Crime”. Stanford Law Review. 2003 Web.  November 7,2011

In the compliment of data from 1977 to 2000 on a county level for the entire US Plassmann and Whitley found that since the right-to-carry law the crime rate has reduced each year at a steady rate. In looking back on their work we come to realize that there demonstration of looking at crime rate versus the right-to-carry law was true to the specifics until 1997. From here the rates were skewed and misleading as their models predictions were extremely off.

Polsby, Daniel. Firearms Cost, Firearms Benefits and The Limits of Knowledge. Northwestern University of Law. The journal of criminal law. Vol. 86, No. 1. 1996. Print

In Polsby’s article Firearms Cost, Firearms Benefits and The Limits of Knowledge, he tells us that even though the crime rates in the United States have been dropping constantly over the past twenty years people today are still concerned. He tells us that the crime rates today are well below the rate of that in the late 70’s and even below that of most of the 20’s. but the discussion keeps coming back up and people are still worried about the crime rates and Polsby looked into the rates of crime being taken place he understands and sheds some light on the situation he splits the rates up into two things the quantity and the quality of crimes. Even though the quantity of the crimes has continued to go down each year there are still big and horrible crimes being taken place? From people being able to carry firearms it has dropped the gun victims but there will always be other crimes taking place in the world that involve guns where no one gets hurt and the gun is never fired but it’s the power that the gun has and why it is a weapon that can cause life or death it can change the outcome of any crime if it is fired but the fact that guns cause crimes isn’t true it’s more of how they are used in those crimes.

Cotton, p.. Gun-Associated Violence Increasingly Viewed as Public Health Challenge. JAMA Vol: 267 Issue :9. 1992. Print

Cotton tells us that the guns that are in the home are more times than often used against fellow home members that against intruders and with the promotion of these guns there should also be the promotion of the safety of storage. If a homeowner is going to have a gun then the homeowner should also have a devise to store the weapon in and be securely lock from just a pad lock to a electronic lock, this would insure that the gun doesn’t get stolen or used in the wrong manor.