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I am having DD do a research project on whether the prevalence of gun ownership correlates to an increase or decrease in overall public safety. I would like some sources to start her with supporting both sides of the issue.

 

If anyone has comments about how to evaluate the credibility of sources, that would be helpful as well. 

 

Again, not wanting debate on the subject matter here, just resources.  If you have a comment about a resource, please keep it factual.  I don't want to hear "the source is pro/anti-gun so that study must be wrong", but if you know "that study did not take into account x,y,z" please contribute.  That will actually help illustrate to DD some important points. 

 

ETA I'm asking here because some of you guys are wildly educated on both sides of the issue, much more so than I am.  THANKS!

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John Lott's work should be required reading on the subject, especially the raw data.

http://www.amazon.com/More-Guns-Less-Crime-Understanding/dp/0226493636

 

I'm not sure if an updated version has come out or not, but I know several mini reports have been issued in recent years that still show similar conclusions. The nice thing about this text aside from his thoroughness is that a handful of professors and journalists have issued counterarguments that are easily available online. So the book is cheap and a direct address of the opposite side is also available, to give balance.

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Snopes checked out claims about first year crime rates in Australia after the gun buy back program there.  I don't know if it will have what you want, but you can bunny trail from Snopes and follow their sources.

 

 

I liked that especially, good example of how statistics can be manipulated.

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