Gun Control Laws and the Reduction of Homicides in the United States

The objective of this study is to determine whether gun control laws will serve to bring about a reduction in the number of homicides in the United States. Toward this end this study will conduct an extensive review of literature in this area of inquiry.

It is held by many that gun control laws will serve to bring about a reduction in the number of homicides in the United States. However, there are those who reject this idea stating that gun control laws will take guns out of the hands of the everyday individual while criminals will still have access to guns and commit crimes with those guns.

The Evidence

Kates and Mauser

The work of Kates and Mauser (nd) entitled "Would Banning Firearms Reduce Murder and Suicide: A Review of International and Some Domestic Evidence" states that...
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