1. The Violence Policy Center contends that an increase in gun buying consistently leads to an increase in homicide and suicide rates. However, Don B. Kates Jr. argues that although gun buying and crime rates have gone up at the same time, this correlation does not prove that an increase in gun ownership causes the increase in violent crimes. On the contrary, he claims that an increase in crimes such as homicide often results in an increase in gun buying for self-defense. In your opinion, which author is more convincing? Cite specifics from each viewpoint to construct your answer.
2. Hillel Goldstein describes being shot to help support his argument that private gun ownership can protect people from mass murderers such as Adolf Hitler. Conversely, Roger Rosenblatt quotes prominent people such as historians to support his argument that depending on privately owned guns to guarantee liberty can lead...