Columbine and other recent shootings have brought America's century-old gun debate to the forefront of public attention.

Using selections from historians, criminologists, social scientists, public health specialists, and jurists, Lee Nisbet provides an in-depth analysis of the central issues involved in our debate over guns. By providing a set of critical-thinking questions, with examples of experts raising these very points, Nisbet invites readers to evaluate gun-control issues more deeply and thoroughly than possible in the popular media's portrayal of the issue.

Containing twenty new articles and an entirely new section on "The Gun Control Debate in the Age of (Mis)information", this new revised edition provides the most up-to-date research on this hotly contested topic. The contributors include B. Bruce-Briggs, Philip J. Cook, Robert F. Drinan, Barry Glasner, Gordon Hawkins, Richard Hofstadter, Don B. Kates Jr., Gary Kleck, David Kopel, John Lott, Joyce Malcolm, John Allen Paulos, Mary Zeiss Stange, Gary Wills, Franklin E. Zimring, and others.

No matter what side of the debate you're on, this outstanding collection of the best articles and research on gun control will help you understand the complexities of this controversial issue.