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By John R. Lott, Jr. 225 pp. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1998. $23. ISBN 0-226-49363-6.
By Tom Diaz. 233 pp. New York, New Press, 1999. $25. ISBN 1-56584-470-X.

On an average day in the United States, guns kill some 100 citizens and are used in about 3000 serious crimes. The policy discussion concerning this important problem in public health and criminal justice is one of America's most contentious debates.

At one extreme are those who would ban all guns. At the other are those who would increase the armament of our already heavily armed nation. The latter view is reminiscent of Archie Bunker's solution to the hijacking problem of the 1970s. "If everyone was allowed to carry guns, them hijackers wouldn't have no superiority. All you gotta do . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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