Book Source #2

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)  Ex: Twilight	More Guns, Less Crime
Author(s) or Editor Ex: Stephanie Meyer	John  R Lott
Publisher  Ex: Little, Brown and Company	The University of Chicago Press
Year of Publication  Ex: 2003	1998
City of Publication Ex: New York	Chicago
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader): Ex: Print	Print
Eddition if indicated:	Second Edition

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded): EX: After having known Edward for just a few short months, Bella admits that “it would cause [her] physical pain to be separated from him now" (Meyer 283).

In the United States "only about 30 people are accidentally killed by private citizens who mistakenly believe the victim to be an intruder." P1

By comparison, "police accidentally kill as many as 330 innocent individuals annually." P2

Many gun control laws fail to acheive their purpose, for instance "the brady law had been associated wth significant increases in rapes and aggravated assualt." P91

In some states, like Pennsylvania "almost 5% of the population has concealed-handgun permits." P129

Whille many people think that more guns means more crime "Worldwide there is no relationship between gun ownership rates and crime rates." P113

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):


This book uses many statistics and graphs to show that despite what many people think more guns in the hands of law abiding citizens equals less crime. In fact criminals are scared to assualt or rob someone they suspect of having a gun. Many states stll enact laws that make it hard for people to defend themself's  and their crime rates increase while states who enact  concealed carry laws see crime rates drop.
Credibility of Source:
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor.


John Lott is a professor at the University of Chicago and has access to alot of information and studies on this topic. He also has taught at many other university's and has published other books on this topic as well.

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative?



The author has nothing to gain from this book. He just exposes the truth against the people who want to limit gun ownership and use fear and false statistics to try to advance their agenda.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

The author is a gun owner him self and supports gun ownership. He is biased towards gun ownership but provides fact for their use. 


References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author uses many references throught the book and plots the data into graphs and spread sheets. This add's to his credibility as he makes it eaiser to understand the data. 

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

I will use this source to show that a responsable gun owning citizen  does not even have to use their firearm to defend themself just owning one can reduce crime.

Book Source #1

Title of the Book (in italics when typed, underlined when written)	The Seven Myths of Gun Control
Author(s) or Editor	Richard Poe
Publisher	Prima  Publishing
Year of Publication	2001
City of Publication	Roseville
Mode of Access (Print if you read the actual book, Electronic if you found it online, or through your kindle/nook/ereader):	Print
Eddition if indicated:

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

In the entire world "no country is more heavily armed, man for man than Switzerland." P64 This is part of the reason why  it was never occupied during WW1 and WW2 by the Germans.

Despite  what the media says about gun accidents : In 1903 there were fewer guns yet the per capita rate of fatal accidents was higher than today." P121

There are many outspoken gun critics like Rosie O'Donnell who say concealed carry laws do more harm than good. But Rosie O'Donnell''s "bodyguard assigned to accompany her son had applied for a permit to carry a concealed weapon." P84

Though gun control laws are designed to reduce crime they can have the opposite effect. "Between April and September, street crime in London rose 32% over the same period in 1999." P97

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION): 

The seven myths of gun control is a very informative book about gun control and the ways governments use it to control their people. It debunks 7 myths about gun control using real life examples and statistics from many credible sources.
Credibility of Source: 
Author or Editor: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the editor. 

Richard Poe is an award winning journalist and is the editor of FrontPageMagazine.com. He has also written New York Times best sellers.

Attachment: Does the author or editor have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? 

The author has nothing to gain from this, he is just informing his readers that gun control does not work and the only people it favors are the criminals.
Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing? 

Yes the author seems to be pro gun as there is not a single page in the book that promotes gun control.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility? 

Yes the author uses many references in the writing, these add credibility to his stance against gun control.
Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project? 

I plan to use this source to counter pro gun control arguements.