Heated arguments about gun control are as common in America as guns themselves. Each time a high-profile shooting occurs, opponents bombard each other with conflicting statistics, opinions, and constitutional history. Unfortunately, many of the arguments used by both sides are wrong.
Robert J. Spitzer is Distinguished Service professor of political science at the State University of New York, Cortland, NY.
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