How America got its guns : a history of the gun violence crisis

How America got its guns : a history of the gun violence crisis / William Briggs.

"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 i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Briggs, William, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2017.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment.
Constitution (United States)
Gun control > United States > History.
Firearms ownership > United States > History.
Violent crimes > United States > History.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
HISTORY > Military > Weapons.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Firearms > Law and legislation
Firearms ownership
Gun control
Violent crimes
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • 1: Guns in America; 2: The Advantage of Being Armed; 3: Number Games; 4: Twenty-Seven Words; 5: Guns in American Lives; 6: Interpreting the Second Amendment; 7: Magic Never Made a Gun; 8: The Other Amendment; 9: Playing by the Rules; 10: Colfax and Cruikshank; 11: Enforcement!; 12: A Century Passes; 13: Carry, Stand, and Defend; 14: The Court Speaks; 15: Guns and the Mind; 16: The Court Speaks Again; 17: A Year Passes; 18: Reducing Gun Violence; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.

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