This page has all sorts of links to interesting news stories, articles, and other blogs. I’m trying to keep only high-quality sources in the list, and the list is growing all the time. So check back regularly and find new links. If you have some to suggest, please send me a message.
General gun-control related links
- Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control (Wall Street Journal)
- A Brief History of British Gun Control (A rant, but has good points)
- Gun Rhetoric vs Gun Facts (Annenberg Public Policy Center)
- More Guns, Less Crime (Google preview of Lott’s book)
- Gun control offers no cure-all in America (NBC)
- Gun control [facts and statistics] (JustFacts)
- Felix Hunziker: the case against AB48 (Richmond Confidential)
- The Truth About Assault Weapons (better than my page on this topic)
- The Anti-Stab Kitchen Knife (Guardian; can’t trust us with knives)
- The AR-15 and the Second Amendment: No Respect (Dave Kopel)
- State crime rates … scant linkage to gun laws (Washington Times)
- Gun Control and the Constitution (Wall Street Journal)
Guns used for good
News stories of citizens using guns to stop crimes. There are thousands of these, but they don’t make the network news. Here are just a few:
- 15-year-old defends self, sister using AR-15 (Breitbart News)
- Concealed carry citizen stops shooter at Portland mall (KGW News)
- Teen uses dad’s pistol to save kids from invader (Fox News)
- Gun-carrying man ends stabbing spree (ABC News)
- Man with concealed pistol repels armed robber (Fox6 News)
- Armed student foils attempted multiple murder at party (WSB-TV)
- Man shoots at invaders, they flee (Napa/Solano Times-Herald)
- Armed bystander stops stabbing outside school (WOAI News)
- Homeowner shoots, repels armed home invaders (WYTV News)
- Neighbor detains burglars at gunpoint until police arrive (KHOU News)
- Mother hiding with kids shoots intruder (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
- 84-year-old woman repels home invader with her revolver (KGO-TV)
- Homeowner shoots knife-wielding burglar (SF Chronicle)
- Store clerk shoots, kills man snatching her baby (Marco Island Eagle)
- Grandson uses shotgun to fight off armed intruder (WCF Courier)
Other links
- Statistics on mass killings in US (USA Today)
- Gun Talk TV: training, reviews, etc. (YouTube channel)
- Firearms and History of Firearms (Wikipedia)
- Olympic shooting (International Olympic Committee)
- NRA official website (National Rifle Association)
- Tom Gresham’s Gun Talk (Gun Talk Radio)