A collection of essays on gun control from multiple points of view.
Content Note
Introduction -- Guns will affect classroom interactions / Jonathan M. Metzl -- Concealed weapons should be allowed on campus / Michael Newbern -- Guns in school do not prevent crime / Evan DeFilippis -- Concealed weapons deter crime / John R. Lott, Jr -- Guns will change the character of higher education / Steven J. Friesen -- Firearm self defense legality / Lauren Baldwin -- Concealed carry prevents shootings / Crime Prevention Research Center -- Should applicants provide reasons for wanting a concealed weapon? / Joseph Blocher -- Background checks and mental illness : facts and myths / Denise-Marie Ordway -- Balancing gun rights and public safety on campus / Thomas L. Harnisch -- Students may threaten professors for better grades / Jessica Smartt Gullion -- More gun availability means more crime / Irshad Altheimer -- Explaining mass shootings / John Wihbey -- We should be more skeptical about gun control / David B. Kopel -- Fear is a threat to learning / Jeffrey Alan Lockwood -- Organizations to contact -- Bibliography -- Index.