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Blocher, Joseph. "Gun rights talk." BUL Rev. 94 (2014): 813.

Joseph Blocher, in his article "Gun Rights talk" discusses rights of gun –keeping and the license issuing rules and regulations under the constitution of the United States of America. The article has the complete title "Panel IV: Has the Constitution Fostered a Pathological Rights Culture? The Right to Bear Arms". This research paper discusses in detail about the second amendment and the rights it has bestowed upon the citizens of the United States of America to keep and carry a gun with them freely. The author stresses on the fact that many people would advocate these rights and would justify them as the fundamentals and basic rights of every citizen to keep themselves safe, but it is being exploited big time.

This article will prove to be of great importance in this study as it will view the issue of gun control from the constitutional point of view. It will add the various points of the Constitution of America, especially the Second Amendment and then will look into further details that whether the Second Amendment has been erected on the right basis or not. Moreover, it will look into the various aspects of the Second Amendment from the views of the various experts and scholars and whether it is right to implement it or not.

BIBLIOGRAPHY \l 1033 Jefferies, Jim. Jim Jefferies On Gun Control - CONAN on TBS Conan. 26 July 2016. YouTube. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8sED2Mj9n0>.

Gun Control has been a serious issue in the United States of America for a long time. The issue got more difficult when the guns were started to be used in various cases of homicide and suicide all over the country. Since the gun laws and regulations were relaxed a little bit, the number of cases of suicide and homicides in the country increased too many folds. The guns and other weapons were also being used extensively in the mass murders and mass killings of the people. A significant increase was observed in the cases of mass murders and mass killings, especially in schools, colleges, and universities. In order to prevent these issues, various experts and scholars have argued that there should be more precise and elaborated policies regarding gun control.

One of such experts is Jim Jefferies. In his interview to the Conan on his weekly show, he expressed his views that just like a proper license and permit is required to drive a truck and no ordinary person can drive and truck, similar rules and regulations should be applied in the case of gun acquisition, So a person of unsound mind or anger issues should be handed over the gun. According to him, keeping a weapon for personal safety is ok but you cannot keep a dangerous weapon and go on displaying it the public and saying that it has been kept for the safety of you or your family.

Kleck, Gary, and E. Britt Patterson. "The impact of gun control and gun ownership levels on violence rates." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 9.3 (1993): 249-287.

This article titled, "The impact of gun control and gun ownership levels on violence rates." was penned down by Gary Kleck and Britt E. Patterson and published in the Journal of Quantitative Criminology. This article talks about the impact of gun control restriction and gun prevalence on the crime rates and violence in the United States of America. For this purpose data were collected from 170 cities of the country, out of a population of 100000. The results indicated that strict implication of gun control laws had a deep effect on the gun prevalence and other crimes like rape, bank robberies, general 4robberiesx and any other forms of illegal activities.

Although it is a very old research paper, still it holds great value in the areas of gun control and gun prevalence measures. It will help in carrying on the study further and measuring various other aspects of the gun control laws and prevalence measures. This study will act as a guiding light in the avenues of study of gun rights and gun control and will help in studying the effect s of implementation of gun control laws on other crimes as well.

Lott, John R. More guns, less crime: Understanding crime and gun control laws. University of Chicago Press, 2013.

Another excellent publication that discusses the issue of gun rights and gun control is “More Guns. Less crime; Understanding crime and gun control laws”. This book has been written by John R. Lott, who thinks that laws that banish guns and other arm fares for the public, should not be implemented. It will lower the crime rate and the ratio of violence in society will decrease. The author gives a rationale for his point of that if the general public is allowed to keep the guns and other such arms openly, it would allow them to prepare for their own safety and will cope up with the crimes themselves.

This publication can be used as the counter argument presented by those experts and lawmakers who are in favor of gun laws and control. It can be used to define the thinking and views of those people who think that gun control laws are only a restriction on society. This book will be used as a reference to portray the viewpoint of the scholars who think that gun control laws and regulations should be removed, in order to make the citizens more secure and safe.

Spitzer, Robert J. Politics of gun control. Routledge, 2015.

"Politics of Gun Control" is a very informative and handy book on the topic of gun control and prevention. Although the topic very controversial and this debate has been going on for a long time, the author has discussed the issue with great precision and accuracy. The publication includes various opinions from the experts and lawmakers, who are both in the favor and against the gun control laws. Multiple views have been expressed by the author himself and the other experts with respect to the issue and the constitution if the United States of America. Another very informative aspect of this book is that it discusses various case studies in the text, explaining the importance of each instance in the implementation of the gun control Laws.

The study and inclusion of this study in the current research paper will be significantly beneficial as it will highlight the importance of various gun control laws in the light of multiple live and true events. This will emphasize on the implementation of the rules and regulations regarding gun control and how it will benefit the current crime situation in the country. The book also includes a number of court rulings in which the issue of gun control was discussed. The topic of gun rights and arms control has been a topic of hot debate for many years but it has garnered much importance currently, considering the ongoing law and order situation in the country. This book or publication will open many avenues of knowledge for the newbies who do not know anything about the issue of gun rights and control and will provide new dimensions of research and analytical reasoning to the experts and thinkers.