College Students and Guns

Paper Summary:

The paper provides an overview and background of the issues involved in gun control in general and as it applies to college campuses in particular. The paper reviews the relevant literature and the popular media to determine the salient issues involved and what the potential implications of allowing all students to carry guns on campus might be for students, faculty and the American public alike. The paper concludes that outlawing guns is not likely to solve the problems being experienced in the nation's schools and college campuses when it comes to violent crime.

Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
Gun Control and Violent Crime
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"One of the more divisive issues confronting the United States today is the ownership of guns. For instance, according to Utter (2000), "Perhaps with the one exception of abortion, gun control is the most controversial issue in American politics, and it appeals strongly to the emotions of those who support as well as those who oppose further regulation of firearms" (p. ix). On the one hand, gun control advocates maintain that so-called "Saturday night specials" and their ilk do not have any particular value as legitimate weapons for any purpose besides criminal activity and the proliferation of guns in this country has directly contributed to the increased incidences of violent crime in recent years. These arguments, though, fly in the face of reality."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Clinard, M. B. (1998). Cities with little crime: The case of Switzerland. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
• Moorhouse, J. C., & Wanner, B. (2006). Does gun control reduce crime or does crime increase gun control? The Cato Journal, 26(1), 103-5.
• Payne, B. K., & Riedel, R., Jr. (2002). Gun control attitudes and the criminal justice student: Do differences exist? College Student Journal, 36(2), 314.
• Rosen, G. (2000, September). Yes and no to gun control. Commentary, 110(2), 47.
• Sunstein, C. R. (2000). Deliberative trouble? Why groups go to extremes. Yale Law Journal, 110(1), 71.

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