| Description |
394 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-377) and index. |
| Contents |
Origins and precedents -- The colonial record -- To the second amendment -- Militias, duels, and gun keeping -- A gun culture emerges -- Reconstruction, cheap guns, and the Wild West -- The National Rifle Association -- Urban control movements -- Gun-roaring twenties -- Direct Federal controls -- Guns flourish, opposition rises -- Control Act of 1968 -- Control groups on the rise -- Gun lobby glory years -- A wholly owned NRA subsidiary? -- The struggle nationalized -- The Brady Act -- School shootings and gun shows -- Clinton v. the NRA -- Summing up. |
| Subject |
Gun control.
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Violent crimes.
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Firearms ownership.
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United States -- Politics and government.
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| ISBN |
1555534864 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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