I Used to think Gun Control was the answer. My research told me otherwise.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-used-to-think-gun-control-was-the-answer-my-research-told-me-otherwise/2017/10/03/d33edca6-a851-11e7-92d1-58c702d2d975_story.html?utm_term=.f84bec6b50c4
The fiercely debated issue of Gun Control strongly divides Democrats and Republicans in the United States of America. The Second Amendment becomes a hot topic of conversation whenever a shooting makes the national news and tempers flare across the political spectrum. This presentation presents the available evidence regarding gun prevalence, gun homicides, gun control laws and much more in an attempt to get to the bottom of this complicated issue. What is the Truth About Gun Control?
Suicide
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr63/nvsr63_09.pdf#page=10
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate#List_by_the_World_Health_Organization_.282012.29
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/strict-gun-control-laws-in-south-korea
http://webappa.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10_us.html
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-327590
Gun Sources
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf
Australian Gun Control
http://www.aic.gov.au/media_library/publications/mr/mr01/mr01.pdf#page=35
http://www.aic.gov.au/publications/current%20series/mr/21-40/mr23/appendix_a.html
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL
http://www.loc.gov/law/help/firearms-control/australia.php#Firearms
Number of Guns
http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1679&context=urban_facpub
http://www.ucrdatatool.gov
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-1
2002 State Gun Ownership and Crime
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2002/02sec2.pdf#page=207
https://www.census.gov/popest/data/historical/2000s/vintage_2002/state.html
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2002/table5_state02.xls
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/116/3/e370.full.pdf+html
Washington, DC Crime
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/dccrime.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/us/13deecee.html?_r=2&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FPeople%2FW%2FWilliams%2C%20Anthony%20A.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firearms_Control_Regulations_Act_of_1975
CDC Gun Control Report
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/rr/rr5214.pdf
Crime by Race
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014
http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-04.pdf#page=15
Because of the obscure way in which the FBI reports the race and ethnicity of offenders, we had to make several approximations. First off, Hispanic data is separated from race data and is broken down to "Hispanic" or "not Hispanic" for the entire dataset. While it is safe to assume that most Hispanics were classified as white because of the colour of their skin, we didn't want to make any assumptions. To figure out the percentage of Hispanic offenders and separate it from the white, black, asian etc. race categories, we used Census data on how Hispanics identify themselves racially. Not surprisingly, the vast majority of them identify as white, and very few consider themselves black. Given the very low percentage of black Hispanics, we counted "Some Other Race" as white. Another problem with the FBI dataset was the vast number of "Unknown" reported offenders. Because we couldn't make any reasonable assumptions about the race of the unknown offenders, we used the arrest tables as a proxy for the distribution of crime by race.
International Crime Comparison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Gang Crime
https://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/publications/2011-national-gang-threat-assessment
https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/survey-analysis/demographics
http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=2221
2014 City Crime Data
City data from the U.S. Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov
City Crime data from the FBI: https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-6
Texas passes law for campus carry
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/84R/billtext/html/SB00011F.htm
