LibGuides: Gun Issues: Books and Databases

Print Journals

We have some gun related journals available in the collection in either print or microfilm listed below:

American Rifleman
Volume 71-160 in Microfilm
Call Number SK1.A52
Volumes 161 Issues 1-2 in Periodicals
Call Number: SK1.A52
The Police Marksman
Volumes 4-32 in Periodicals
Call Number TS532.P6

Online Journals

Below are two databases that contain a variety of gun oriented journals including Gun Digest, Guns Magazine, Guns and Ammo, as well as the Journal on Firearms and Public Policy.

General OneFile
Access to articles in general periodicals, newspapers, reference books, as well as multimedia sources. Subjects include humanities, education, environmental issues, technology, health care, and politics. (from NOVELny)
Hein Online
Several historical American and international law collections incuding law reviews and journals from their first volume of publication, the Federal Register, Presidential Documents, Attorney Generals Opinions, World Constitutions, and legal classics.

Opposing Viewpoints

Opposing Viewpoints in Context
Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, full-text magazine and newspaper articles, and multimedia on social issues. (from NOVELny)

Gun Politics in America

Gun Politics in America by Harry L. Wilson
Call Number: Reference ; KF3941 .W55 2016
ISBN: 9781440845413
Publication Date: 2016-06-01

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Gun Control on Trial

Gun Control on Trial by Brian Doherty
Call Number: Stacks ; KF3941 .D64 2008
ISBN: 9781933995250
Publication Date: 2009-01-16
In Gun Control on Trial, journalist Brian Doherty tells the full story behind the landmark District of Columbia v. Heller ruling.

Guns in American Society

Guns in American Society [2 Volumes] by Gregg Lee Carter (Editor)
Call Number: Reference ; HV7436 .G8783 2002
ISBN: 9781576072684
Publication Date: 2002-12-12
Top scholars present an unbiased, two-volume set that takes on the explosive issue of guns and gun violence in the United States.

A Field Guide to Ghost Guns

A Field Guide to Ghost Guns by Robert E. Walker
ISBN: 1003044492
Publication Date: 2021-12-16
A Field Guide to Ghost Guns: For Police and Forensic Investigators provides a useful brief for field investigators on the technical aspects of the self-made firearm, so-called "ghost guns. .

Guns in America

Opinions Throughout History: Guns in America by Micah Issit (Editor)
ISBN: 9781642656534
Publication Date: 2020-06-30
This new series from Grey House offers in-depth, single volumes that follow the debate, or path, to a decision on a controversial topic as it evolved throughout history.

Guns and Contemporary Society

Guns and Contemporary Society by Glenn H. Utter (Editor)
ISBN: 9781440832178
Publication Date: 2015-12-01
This three-volume set examines various approaches to firearms, including constitutional and legal issues, public health and criminal justice concerns, and perspectives on personal safety and self-defense.

Gunfight

Gunfight by Adam Winkler
Call Number: Stacks ; KF3941 .W56 2011
ISBN: 9780393077414
Publication Date: 2011-09-19
Gunfight is a timely work examining America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms.

Subject Headings

Here are some subject heading you can search in our catalog to find materials related to gun right, gun laws, gun issues, and gun control.

Gun Regulation and Legislation

Gun Regulation and Legislation in America
Brings together over 500 relevant titles including periodicals, federal legislative histories, congressional hearings, Congressional Research Study (CRS) Reports and Supreme Court Briefs.

Nexis-Uni

Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Nexis Uni features more than 15,000 news, business and legal sources formerly found through the LexisNexisAcademic platform - including federal and state laws and cases, constitutions, municipal codes and law review articles. The interface is designed to offer quick discovery across all content types. Personalization features such as Alerts and saved searches and a collaborative workspace with shared folders and annotated documents are also included.

Supreme Court Insights

CQ Supreme Court Collection
Historical analysis, timely updates and expert commentary on Supreme Court decisions. Also includes biographies of Supreme Court justices, Supreme Court institutional history, and the U.S. Constitution.
Supreme Court Database
Provides legal scholars with extensive data, like background issues, reasons for acceptance, chronology, outcome impacts, and judge's opinions, for Supreme Court Cases since 1953. Funded by the National Science Foundation.

The Founders' Second Amendment

The Founders' Second Amendment by Stephen P. Halbrook
Call Number: Stacks - KF3941 .H349 2008
ISBN: 9781566637923
Publication Date: 2008-04-18
Stephen Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment is the first book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment, based on the Founders' own statements as found in newspapers, correspondence, debates, and resolutions. Mr. Halbrook investigates the period from 1768 to 1826.