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Author Horner, William T., 1968-

Title Showdown in the Show-Me State [electronic resource] : the fight over conceal-and-carry gun laws in Missouri / William T. Horner.

Imprint Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2005.

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Description xi, 309 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and index.
Contents Changing the rules of regulating guns -- The gun lobby and round one, preemption -- 1992 : the conceal-and-carry fight begins -- 1993 to 1994 : conceal-and-carry returns -- Conceal-and-carry, 1995 -- Conceal-and-carry, 1996 : back for another try -- Conceal-and-carry, 1997 to 1998 : setting the stage for Prop B -- The Campaign of 1999 : an introduction -- The Campaign of 1999 : the activists -- The Campaign of 1999 : interpreting statistics and the law -- The Campaign of 1999 : funding and advertising -- The Campaign of 1999 : a brawl -- The Campaign of 1999 : public opinion and the news media -- The Campaign of 1999 : election day -- More in 1999 : Missouri takes on liability lawsuits -- 2000 : the fight continues with elections of a different sort : Ashcroft vs. Carnahan and Bush vs. Gore -- 2001 : elections begin to make a difference -- 2002 : a Missouri republican revolution -- 2003 : victory for conceal-and-carry -- Conceal-and-carry veto fight -- Legal questions : conceal-and-carry gets its day(s) in court -- The supremes have their say and the issue is settled : sort of -- In the aftermath of the court's decision.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Missouri.
Gun control -- Missouri.
Indexed Term Concealed weapons
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0826215874 (alk. paper)

 
    
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