Information on Gun Control:
A Selected Bibliography of Federal Government Publications
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Listed below are selected federal government
publications and websites which will help you find information on gun
control. Many non-government sources of information are located on the third floor and on the World Wide Web. To locate
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A.T.F. Firearms Inspections: Use of Results to Improve Inspection Has
Been Limited
Location: MADD Documents and MADD Microfiche
Call Number: GA 1.13:GGD-93-30BR
Report examines strategies used for inspecting firearms and pawnbroker licencees and applicants and how the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms uses inspection results.
A.T.F., The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative: Crime Gun Trace Analysis Reports: The Illegal Youth Firearms Markets in
17 Communities
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: T 70.2:C 86
Detailed statistical reports document how youth illegally obtain firearms in 17 cities including Birmingham and Atlanta.
Demonstration project is aimed at reducing youth firearms violence.
American Statistics Index/Statistical Masterfile
Location: MADD Index Tables or click on Other Indexes and
Databases on Library Homepage
Call Number: Ref folio Z 7754 .U5 A46
Commonly referred to as ASI. Indexes and abstracts federal government publications which contain statistical information
on many subjects including gun control and firearms.
Attorney Generals Report to Congress on the Option Selected for
Identifying Felons Who Attempt to Purchase Firearms
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:101/88
1990 report discusses automating record checks for criminal records,
fingerprinting, etc.
Automated Record Checks of Firearm Purchasers: Issues and Options
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 3.T 22/2:2 AU 8/6
1991 report covers benefits, costs, and risks, and examines connection between automated record checks and waiting
periods.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:103/26
Hearings on the bill to provide for a waiting period for purchasing
handguns.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act: Report...
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 1.1/8:102-47
Detailed analysis and legislative history of the act.
Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act: Report...
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 1.1/8:103-344
Analysis and legislative history of the act.
Caught in the Crossfire
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:103/82
Testimony of teenagers who have witnessed gun violence first hand.
Children and Gun Violence
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 103-393
Congressional hearings on children as victims and perpetrators of gun
violence.
Criminal Use of Guns
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG.105-119
Congressional hearing on A Bill to Throttle Criminal Use of Guns.
Federal Firearms Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:F 51/2
Hearings held in 1965 present a wide variety of opinions on the need for and against federal gun control. The Federal
Gun Control Act was passed in 1968.
Federal Firearms Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:F 51/2/967
Massive volume of Congressional hearings provide background information on landmark Gun Control Act of 1968 passed
in response to violence of the 1960's.
Federal Firearms Legislation: Hearings
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:F 51/3
Massive volume of Congressional hearings provide background information on landmark Gun Control Act of 1968 passed
in response to violence of the 1960's.
Firearms and Crimes of Violence
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 29.2:F 51
F.B.I. statistics through 1992.
Firearms Regulations in Various Foreign Countries
Location: MADD Documents and Government Microfiche
Call Number: LC 42.2:F 52
Study compares firearms regulations in 25 countries and concludes that strict enforcement rather than severity of laws
is more effective in preventing crime involving guns.
Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:101/44
Depressing testimony of witnesses of children as shooting victims.
Gun Laws and the Need for Self-Defense
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:104/43/PT.1-2
Contrasting perspectives on the need for gun ownership in the wake of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 and 20,000
state and local laws.
Gun Violence Prevention Act of 1994: Public Health and Child Safety
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 103-1070
Discouraging testimony by the Surgeon-General, childrens advocates, and others on the extent of gun violence among
children.
Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of
Firearms
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 28.24:G 95/3
Statistics on gun ownership and use.
Guns in Schools: A Federal Role?
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/2:S.HRG. 104-782
Concerns the constitutionality of federal legislation on this topic.
Guns Used in Crime: Firearms, Crime, and Criminal Justice
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 29.2:G 95
1995 statistics from the Bureau of Justice.
Identifying Persons Other than Felons Ineligible to Purchase
Firearms
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 29.2:ID 2
How to identify such persons including drug abusers, mental defectives,
illegal aliens, etc.
Illegal Firearms: Access and Use by Arrestees
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 28.24:F 51/2
Data from Drug Use Forecasting Program helps confirm links between guns,
gang membership, and drug markets.
Impact of Bullet-Related Violence on Family and Federal
Entitlements
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.F 49:S.HRG. 102-1061
Discusses Senator Moynihans proposal for treating access to bullets as a public health problem as an alternative to
banning handguns.
Legislation to Modify the 1968 Gun Control Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:99/131/PT.1-2
Massive amount of testimony in 1985-86 concerning landmark 1968 act which was passed in response to violence of the
1960's.
National Conference on Criminal History Records: Brady and Beyond
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 29.2:C 86/14
Discusses components of the 1993 Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act, 1993 National Child Protection Act, and
requirements imposed on state governments.
Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 4.J 89/1:103/92
Tragic testimony of victims of firearms violence and discussion on
banning assault weapons.
Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: Y 1.1/8:103-489
Report on a bill creating penalties of the manufacture, transfer, or possession of semiautomatic assault weapons. Includes
dissenting views.
Reducing Youth Gun Violence
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 32.2:G 95X
Useful report contains summary of situation and provides directory of
youth gun violence reduction centers.
Survey of State Procedures Related to Firearms Sales
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 29.2:F 51/2
Overview of firearms check procedures measures impact of Brady Act
(Public Law 103-159).
Waiting Period before the Sale, Delivery, or Transfer of a Handgun
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 89/1:100/134
Vivid and tragic testimony of law enforcement officials, doctors, and
lawyers on the need for a waiting period.
Weapons, Crime, and Violence in America: A Literature Review and
Research Agenda
Location: MADD Documents
Call Number: J 28.2:W 37/LITERATURE
Comprehensive literature review published in 1981.
Websites
A.T.F., The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative: Crime Gun Trace Analysis Reports: The Illegal Youth Firearms Markets in
17 Communities
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Fedstats
Firearms Programs (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms)
Timothy Dodge
98-101