“ The book “Guns in America” by Donald Campbell is honest, free from opinion and well researched. Campbell’s book covers a wide variety of topics relating to guns and crime, personal safety, school safety, laws and society. Guns in America examines controversial question like: Does violent gun crime increase with increases in the availability of firearms? Would banning “bump” stocks and large-capacity magazines reduce shooting casualties? And Is modern America more violent? These highly debatable questions are only a few of the many Campbell addresses surrounding the gun culture war.
The evidence based analysis is the best part of Guns in America. Each topic is scrutinized through various studies conducted by groups and academics on each side of the debate. The studies are even analyzed to show flaws or incomplete data. The book has a broad scope and is easy to navigate. The content is relevant and up to date for the continuing debate on gun control versus gun rights. Campbell doesn’t try to convince you one way or the other. He lays out the facts for you to make an informed decision.
If you want to be informed or take part in the ongoing debate on America’s gun culture war, consider reading “Guns in America.” It’s available on Amazon and ABC-CLIO.com or ask for it at your library.”
— Guns in America reviewed by Angela McCaffery, West Custer Library
“In a thoughtful examination of the many important questions, Campbell provides an excellent, fair-minded survey and analysis of scholarship and data from all viewpoints.”
— David Kopel - Adjunct professor of constitutional law, University of Denver, Sturm College of Law
“Guns in America will pop a cap off in class. Loaded for bear with 37 highly contested topical questions on the terrain of seven themes, this book will challenge the orbits of high school and undergraduate students before, during, and after class. Campbell is thoroughly comprehensive in blanketing the topic of guns from AR-15s to bump stocks to Columbine high school to Trump to white supremacy to George Zimmerman with his balanced, evidence-based review of American gun (sub)culture. Each question is tackled effortlessly followed by cogent and smooth summary reviews of “he said/she said” scholars and empirical studies wrapping up with even further reading. Guns might just duly both increase and decrease gun sales and improve safety while concomitantly contributing to the local and national discourse about gun ownership, accessibility, and control. Guns would no more be out of place in sociology, political science, or philosophy courses as it would be in criminology or criminal justice studies courses.”
— Morten Ender, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology
“Guns in America details virtually every issue surrounding the ownership, possession, and use of guns and provides direct, understandable, research-based answers to thirty-seven critical questions. The book’s even-handedness makes it essential reading for everyone who wants to understand one of the most controversial issues in American society.”
