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Author Chapman, Simon, 1951- author.

Title Over our dead bodies : Port Arthur and Australia's fight for gun control / Simon Chapman.

Publication Info. [Sydney] : Sydney University Press, [2013]
©2013
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Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Access Open Access EbpS
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents The massacre -- The case for fewer guns -- The campaign for gun control -- The main reforms -- The gun lobby in Australia -- The gun lobby's arguments ... and the responses -- The future tasks for gun control.
Summary Chapman's book gives an insider's view of the struggle for gun control, highlighting the public discourse between shooters determined to preserve the right for civilians to bear military-style weapons, and activists dedicated to getting Australia 'off the American path' of gun violence.
Subject Gun control -- Australia.
Firearms ownership -- Australia.
Armes ŕ feu -- Contrôle -- Australie.
Armes ŕ feu -- Possession -- Australie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections
Firearms ownership
Gun control
Australia https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRv8PPH7gCqhkJ8DK8bM
ISBN 9781743320327 (electronic bk.)
1743320329 (electronic bk.)
9781743327753 (electronic bk.)
1743327757 (electronic bk.)
9781743320310
Standard No. AU@ 000074603129
AU@ 000069952788

 
    
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