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Gun Control
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 54.00Each volume of the Library in a Book series is carefully designed to be a complete first-stop resource for research on important issues and events, many of which strongly affect the United States. Clearly written and organized, the books give the researcher an objective overview of the subject and a wealth of information in a variety of formats, as... more...
Sexed Pistols
United Nations University Press 2009; US$ 43.00Every day, small arms and light weapons (SALW) kill and maim, wound and threaten millions of adults and children, whether combatants and civilians in war zones or gangs and communities in degraded peacetime environments that are characterized by large-scale violence. Due to their widespread availability, mobility and ease of use prolific... more...
Gun Policy in the United States and Canada
Continuum International Publishing 2012; US$ 65.00The shooting at Virginia Tech in 2007 was one of the worst mass murders in the U.S., but it did not lead to any new federal gun control policy. In contrast, following a similar event in Montreal in 1989, Canada created new comprehensive gun policy.Such different outcomes are the focus of this survey, which sets out to explore the gun policymaking process... more...
Can Gun Control Work?
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 34.99Few schisms in American life run as deep or as wide as the divide between gun rights and gun control advocates. Awash in sound and symbol, the gun regulation debate has largely been defined by forceful rhetoric rather than substantive action. Politicians shroud themselves in talk of individual rights or public safety while lobbyists on both sides make... more...
Gun Violence
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 34.99In the generation that followed Frederick Douglass, no African American was more prominent, or more outspoken, than Ida B. Wells. Seriously considered as a rival to W.E.B. Du Bois and Booker T. Washington for race leadership, Wells' career began amidst controversy when she sued a Tennessee railroad company for ousting her from a first class car, a... more...
Gun Control in the United States
ABC-CLIO 2006; US$ 55.00There are as many guns in the United States as there are adults. This book, presents the issue with both sides of the debate on all the issues and, thus, the tools to make an informed decision. It breaks the debate into topics like history, effectiveness, legislation and court cases, individuals and organizations, and reliable further resources. more...
Gun Control
Infobase Publishing 2003; US$ 32.95Each book in this series offers all the statutes, legal opinions, and studies a student needs to structure a cohesive argument on a given controversial topic. Issues are presented from multiple points of view; sidebars cite law and opinions to aid in critical analysis; paratextual questions encourage reader engagement; and all sources are fully documented... more...
Lethal Passage
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 15.95This devastating book begins with an account of a crime that is by now almost commonplace: on December 16, 1988, sixteen-year-old Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high school with a Cobray M-11/9 and several hundred rounds of ammunition tucked in his backpack. By day's end, he had killed one teacher and severely wounded another. In Lethal... more...
Gun Digest Book of Classic American Combat Rifles
F+W Media 2011; US$ 24.99America's long history of producing the world?s finest combat firearms has long been reflected in the pages of Gun Digest®, ?The World?s Greatest Gun Book.? This treasure trove is a roundup of the ?cream of the crop? chapters as they were originally published. More than 30 chapters about these storied guns ? including the Springfield, M1 Garand, AR-15... more...









