What are the motifs in Give a Boy a Gun by Todd Strasser?

Gun control is another one of the major issues addressed in the novel. There is a lot of debate as to whether people kill people or that people who have access to guns are what causes people to kill people. In the novel, even adults allowed the children, such as Brendan, Gary and Ryan to have complete access to guns. The question then becomes if Gary and Brendan did not have access to guns and information about guns, would it have led to the school shooting, or would the boys have simply found another way to seek their revenge? Gun control is an issue that has plagued this nation for years, but now it is an issue creeping into schools across the nation and not just high schools either.