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A discussion and analysis of pro gun control arguments vs anti gun control arguments, and a call for reforms to both protect gun rights and limit gun crimes. As an advocate for reasonable gun laws that both protect my rights as well as supporting some gun control, it is difficult to find an article that fits me in this debate, but this has done it. Very good, and logical take on the whole debate

This article goes into detail about Arizona's gun laws, the difference between gun rights and gun control, and proposed options to fix the gun rights/control problem. A few shootings in Arizona are explained and how they affect both the gun rights and gun control

EveryTown.org provides us insight on the on going issue of gun violence. Supplying different links to issues such as illegal gun trafficking. According to their website, if you are a felon, you are prohibited by law from possessing a gun. This is just one of many issues we face here in the United States regarding gun violence.

This article really supposrts how it's not the guns that kill people, it's the people that kill people. It doesn't support more gun laws. It also supports the point of how guns aren't the problem.

Guns dont kill people, people kill people. The point is to try to keep guns out of the hands of deranged people.

Everyone should have a right to protect themselves. Making guns illegal wont solve the issue. Either way, criminals will still find a way to get a hold of them.

This link agrees with the right to bear arms. They support equal rights for gun owners. The purpose of this link is to prove that not everyone will be effected by making guns illegal. The law abiding citizens become defenseless and the criminals will take as they please knowing the people are pretty much defenseless.

Gun violence had declined from 39% up to 69% since 1993. For those who would reform the nation's gun laws will make it more difficult to make those laws stricter.

This article provides the reader with a list if pros and cons to imitating a gun control law. It helps in providing the reader with some basic knowledge on a controversial topic.

I don't like the idea that "gun ownership deters crime." Criminals are criminals, because they don't consider the consequences of their actions. They don't evaluate if the person has a weapon, a child, or a dog. Gun ownership from my perspective only increases the likelyhood that one of those weapons is going to fire.

Gun control is a difficult topic to discuss. More gun control laws will not end shootings. On both sides of the spectrum, there are pros and cons to more or less gun control laws.

This site is very informative. Articles talk about the need for stricter gun laws.

This site is very informative. Articles talk about the need for stricter gun laws.

This article talks about how many guns are owned in the US and the population in the US. It gives the definition of what is a gun and who owns guns.

I like how this article uses statistics and charts to display the information. It breaks down the issues surrounding gun laws individually and thoroughly.

This website has useful information regarding Arizona gun laws. It shows What states recognize Arizona gun permits and what states we recognize permits from. This site also has a break down of the laws and other pertinent NRA information.

Tragic stories of gun violence. Are gun laws in America working? This article says they are

Tim Lynch wrote about the importance of guns. Also, more gun control will only hurt the people that obey the law; not the criminals.

Explains gun laws of each state and amendment rights. Includes news and issues of the topic.

In 2010, Arizona passed a law dictating that police are required to sell seized weapons to federally licensed dealers. This makes sense because now we can track if these guns are being sold.

This article was written shortly after the tragedy at Sandy Hook. It talks about the reason in the renewed interest in tightening the gun laws.

This is a debate on whether or not the gun laws are helping reduce crime. Interesting article with good stories.

This article says how gun control got loose over the last 2 decades and crime rates have gone down. Therefore, more control wouldn't really help bring down crime. It says how the argument is going no where fast and that no changes will end up being made.

Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, and New York passed restrictive laws concerning thirty-round magazines and various weapons based on characteristics - like pistol grips and flash hiders - that have nothing to do with a gun's lethality. The State Department immediately demanded that he take the code down, which he did, although once something is on the Internet it is beyond anybody's control - precisely Wilson's point - and the plastic gun has already been photographed in Europe, well beyond the State Department's control.

This site describes the most lenient states for gun owners, including open carry laws, the kind of guns you can own and stand your ground states.

Respected Judge, Andrew Napolitano discusses why gun laws are about our given rights as Americans. This article describes the slow repression of our natural rights.

This article talks about the right to bear arms. The main thing it focuses on is the difference between self defense and using a gun in a harmful manner.

The personal freedom of the second amendment or the right to bear arms is a touchy subject in today's new world. From either stand point the right to bear arms is a natural right of self-defense. Reading this article gives reasoning to why the freedom to own and use guns are important to society.

An overview on Gun Violence Prevention and Reduction Act of 2013. Also summarizes how the law is being looked at in the judicial branch and its progress to becoming a law or not.