In Private Guns, Public Health (University of Michigan Press: 2006), David Hemenway presents a public health approach to dealing with the gun violence epidemic in the United States.
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Saul Cornell's A Well-Regulated Militia (Oxford University Press: 2006) gives a thorough analysis of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Cornell's argument is balanced and well-constructed.
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The Gun Control Debate: You Decide (Prometheus Books: 2001) is a compilation of essays and papers about gun control by scholars holding a variety of opinions about gun control. Edited by Lee Nisbet, the book is a good starting point for background on the key issues in the gun control debate.
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Reducing Firearm Injury and Death: A Public Health Sourcebook on Guns (Rutgers University Press: 1997), by Trudy Karlson and Stephen Hargarten, provides a public health approach for gun injury and seeks to provide reasonable recommendations on gun policy.
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Evaluating Gun Policy: Effects on Crime and Violence (Brookings Institution Press: 2003), edited by Jens Ludwig and Philip Cook, is a good general sourcebook on gun laws. It draws from big names in public policy and public health and is well-organized.
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Gun Violence: The Real Costs (Oxford University Press: 2000), another book from Cook and Ludwig, discusses the effects that gun violence has on the American lifestyle.