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The NRA is the small arms manufacturers' lobby. They would never risk offending their best customers by intimating that the real reason for the second ammendment is that the founders didn't want defense entrusted solely to the military and the police. That's why they make ridiculous statements about infantry-style weapons "for hunting."

The toll of gun violence is not a result of too free access to guns, but too little personal responsibility by gun-owners. The best gun control is never to point your weapon at anything you don't intend to shoot.

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The Bias Against Guns: Why Almost Everything You've Heard About Gun Control Is Wrong

I find it a little disconcerting that right-wing pundits like Sean Hannity are quoting this book, but I suppose that's ineveitable given that in this case the facts tend to support their positions. Economics professor John Lott effectively examines the statistics of gun violence and the media coverage of it in this book, which is a follow-up to his more rigorous More Guns, Less Crime

Guns and Violence : The English Experience

As a history professor, Joyce Lee Malcolm brings more of a long-term perspective to the gun-control controversy than most (See also her To Keep and Bear Arms : The Origins of an Anglo-American Right ). In a debate too often characterized by extremists on both sides, this book represents the middle ground, advocating private gun ownership without precluding reasonable safeguards.