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How America Got Its Guns : A History of the Gun Violence Crisis by William Briggs (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
ISBN-100826358136
ISBN-139780826358134
eBay Product ID (ePID)235514353
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow America Got Its Guns : a History of the Gun Violence Crisis
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicConstitutional, Military / Weapons, Constitutions
Publication Year2017
GenreLaw, Political Science, History
AuthorWilliam Briggs
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight18.3 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-033852
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal363.330973
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments Chapter One. Guns in America Chapter Two. The Advantage of Being Armed Chapter Three. Number Games Chapter Four. Twenty-Seven Words Chapter Five. Guns in American Lives Chapter Six. Interpreting the Second Amendment Chapter Seven. Magic Never Made a Gun Chapter Eight. The Other Amendment Chapter Nine. Playing by the Rules Chapter Ten. Colfax and Cruikshank Chapter Eleven. Enforcement! Chapter Twelve. A Century Passes Chapter Thirteen. Carry, Stand, and Defend Chapter Fourteen. The Court Speaks Chapter Fifteen. Guns and the Mind Chapter Sixteen. The Court Speaks Again Chapter Seventeen. A Year Passes Chapter Eighteen. Reducing Gun Violence Notes Bibliography Index
SynopsisThis book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned., In the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author's thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in this country can be reduced. Briggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Among them are gays and lesbians, women, competitive trapshooters, people in the gun-rights and gun-control trenches, the NRA's first female president, and the most successful gunsmith in American history. Balanced and painstakingly unbiased, Briggs's account provides the background needed to follow gun politics in America and to understand the gun culture in which we are likely to live for the foreseeable future.
LC Classification NumberHV7436.B75 2017
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