school paper

**lildobe** · February 28th, 2009, 04:35 PM

More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-Control Laws by John Lott.
The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong also by John Lott
Thank God I Had a Gun: True Accounts of Self-Defense by Chris Bird
Armed: New Perspectives on Gun Control by Gary Kleck and Don B. Kates
Targeting Guns: Firearms and Their Control (Social Institutions and Social Change) by Gary Kleck
Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America by Gary Kleck
Stopping Power: Why 70 Million Americans Own Guns by Gary Kleck and J. Neil Schulman
The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms & Violence by Gary Kleck, Don B. Kates and John K. Lattimer

**imperialism2024** · February 28th, 2009, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by eXceLon

Is your paper going to be about how gun control is constitutionally indefensible on 2A grounds, or is it going to be about how gun control is ineffective at preventing crime and exposing the flaws in the arguments of the anti's?

These are two very, very different questions.

Yes, we definitely do need some clarification there.

Have an outline yet?

**FUNDAMENTALS** · February 28th, 2009, 04:58 PM

You have been given excellent suggestions, resources, etc. Take Xring-
shooters advice. Wish you well on this, make it count.

**Coops** · February 28th, 2009, 06:15 PM

Make sure you read this thread
http://forum.pafoa.org/general-2/502...cc-campus.html

Ask your teacher if he/she is cool with you having a viewpoint that might be different from his/hers but assure him/her that you are not preparing to pull a Columbine. You are just exploring part of the Bill of Rights.

Sad when we have to tell people we are just stating an opinion and police presence is not required.

**eells** · March 1st, 2009, 01:07 PM

thanks to everybody so far. as of right now i really just need sources, im gonna sit down tommrow and get them all set up for tuesday. at which point i can get an outline and start the real work. thanks again to everyone!

**wizzegun** · March 2nd, 2009, 12:14 AM

I wrote a paper on the 2A and each candidate's position last semester. It was obviously not pro-who-got-elected but I stated the facts clearly and non-aggressively. It didn't do as well as it should have, IMO.

But you have to remember your audience. Places of higher education generally are not receptive to our viewpoints and you may be graded accordingly.

Good luck!

**eells** · March 3rd, 2009, 03:19 PM

so i got all the sources compiled into a working bibliography and wouldnt you know it, no class today. i emailed it to the teacher anyway, gotta look into whats due next