Timothy Brezina and James D. Wright

Timothy Brezina and James D. Wright argue in the following viewpoint that passing additional legal restrictions on youths’ legal access to guns will fail to reduce school violence. They contend that most young people obtain firearms through illegal channels and would continue to do so no matter what new gun laws are passed. Brezina and Wright believe that addressing the factors that contribute to youth violence would be a more effective response to school shootings than increasing America’s dependence on laws. Timothy Brezina is an assistant professor of sociology at Tulane University, and James D. Wright is the Charles and Leo Favrot Professor of Human Relations in the department of sociology at Tulane University.

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