Audience Analysis Assignment and Video Presentation

Annotated Bibliography-Gun Control

Lisa M. Shaw

South College

HUM2001_ONL10FC_ONL10F_20

Dr. Andrea Trapp

02/01/2021

Annotated Bibliography-Gun Control

“CBS. “Aurora witnesses describe shooter's entrance, chaos.” Cbsnews.com.CBS, 20 July. 2012. Online Video Clip. 10 March. 2012”.

The video clip considers the eyewitness account of the shooting incident that happened in a Century movie theater. This incident left about 12 individuals dead while 58 were injured. The clip also accounts for the aftermath of the shooting during the arrival of the authority while the moviegoers were leaving the hall while others had bloodied clothes.

This source is robust and reliable because the eyewitness account and the video clip portray the chaos taking place in the theater during that night. The video clip is quite useful since it has a human element as the events take place.

“Gostin, Lawrence O., JD, and Katherine L. Record, JD, MA. "Dangerous People or Dangerous WeaponsAccess to Firearms for Persons with Mental Illness." The Journal of the American Medical Association (2010)”.

The article helps frame a point that forms the argument's foundation as it discusses what significance the mentally ill and firearms have. Any individual interested in the gun control debate is considered an audience in this case because it takes into consideration mental illnesses. This article focuses on various topics while putting reviews on the mentally ill and gun control and the level of mental illness constituting the infringement on rights. The item is considered reliable. It discusses the role that the sick mentally play as far as gun control debate is concerned and the complexities of mental illness in how t relates to the legislation for gun control.

“Jones, John. "National Statistics on Gun Violence." Journal of American Political Studies, vol.

50, no. 9, 2011, pp. 98–101. Academic Search Complete, doi: 10.32619”.

The author of this article offers an extensive statistic about the broad topic of gun violence in the United States. The author of the report gives a statistic from the 1960s until 2011 relating to the number of deaths resulting from the firearms-crimes. The data provided has been broken down by city and state. This offers an in-depth examination of the areas in the United States affected significantly by gun-related violence. This is a peer-reviewed journal and is, therefore, a credible source. The information of the article provides a historical perspective on gun-related crimes over the years until 2010.

“Spitzer, R. (1995) The Politics of Gun Control [Ebook Library version]. Retrieved from site.ebrary.com.www2.lib.ku.edu."

This article discusses the effects of guns on society; it also gives a history of the battle between Congress and the NRA through the years. It provides deep insight into the gun legislation. The subjects of the article include all individuals wishing to gain knowledge about the history of gun control. The paper examines the legal battles that NRA has undergone against anti-gun legislation, including the major players and lobbyists, together with their roles as far as the debate is concerned. The article is considered quite insightful and reliable as it gives facts about the gun control debate and its origins.

“Walkup, John T., and David H. Rubin. "Social Withdrawal and Violence—Newtown, Connecticut." New England journal of medicine (2012)”.

This article provides a discussion about who may be considered socially withdrawn and how particular mental illnesses may activate or induce a destructive action as a result of the existing lax firearm regulation.

The article provides detailed information about the kind of mental state that might have influenced Lanza to commit an act of murder; also, it includes information about how the existing legislation is to blame for the incident. The article is reliable and credible; it addresses gun control issues in the United States based on mental health problems.

References

“CBS. “Aurora witnesses describe shooter's entrance, chaos.” Cbsnews.com.CBS, 20 July. 2012. Online Video Clip. 10 March. 2012”.

“Gostin, Lawrence O., JD, and Katherine L. Record, JD, MA. "Dangerous People or Dangerous WeaponsAccess to Firearms for Persons with Mental Illness." The Journal of the American Medical Association (2010)”.

“Jones, John. "National Statistics on Gun Violence." Journal of American Political Studies, vol.

50, no. 9, 2011, pp. 98–101. Academic Search Complete, doi: 10.32619”.

"Spitzer, R. (1995) The Politics of Gun Control [Ebook Library version]. Retrieved from site.ebrary.com.www2.lib.ku.edu."

“Walkup, John T., and David H. Rubin. "Social Withdrawal and Violence—Newtown, Connecticut." New England journal of medicine (2012)”.