Gun Control

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The paper shows how those for and against gun control have used misinformation to manipulate public sentiment with the result that gun legislation is often prominently featured and either too lenient or too severe. The paper reveals that gun ownership within the United States is not nearly as high as purported by the media, nor is gun related violence an important part of our criminal system. The paper concludes that it is up to the media system and the national audience to look through biased statistics and concentrated manipulation tactics in order to emphasize only the true facts.

From the Paper:

"Gun control has become a growingly controversial topic within national politics. Both gun control and gun rights advocacies have utilized and applied different rhetoric in explaining their platform. Gun control legislation has evolved during the past two decades, in some states restrictions have increased while in others restrictions have been decreased. In either case, gun legislation has been challenged by special interest groups in an attempt to justify their various positions."

Sample of Sources Used:

• The News Media's Influence on Criminal justice policy: how Market-driven news promotes punitive ness, Sara sun Beale, Duke law school working paper series 2007 paper 85
• Counting Guns, Randolph Roth. Social Science History 26:4 winter 2002
• Would Banning Firearms reduce Murder and Suicide? A Review of international evidence, Gary a. Mauser & Don B. Kates. Bepress Legal Series 2006 paper 1564
• Shooting down the more guns, less crime hypothesis, John J. Donohue & Ian Ayres. Center for the study of law and society Jurisprudence and social policy program. 2003 paper 5

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