Gunfight : the battle over the right to bear arms in America / Adam Winkler.
2011
KF3941 .W56 2011 (Mapit)
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Author
Title
Gunfight : the battle over the right to bear arms in America / Adam Winkler.
Edition
1st ed.
Imprint
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Description
xi, 361 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Big guns and little guns at the Supreme Court
"Gun grabbers"
"Gun nuts"
Guns of our fathers
Civil war
The wild west
Gangsters, guns, and G-men
By any means necessary
Decision.
"Gun grabbers"
"Gun nuts"
Guns of our fathers
Civil war
The wild west
Gangsters, guns, and G-men
By any means necessary
Decision.
Summary
Author Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional law, uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's Capitol, as a springboard for a historical narrative of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. From the Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment to the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, ironically as a gun control organization, the debate over guns has always generated controversy. Whether examining the Black Panthers' role in provoking the modern gun rights movement or Ronald Reagan's efforts to curtail gun ownership, Winkler weaves together the dramatic stories of gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists, providing often unexpected insights into the venomous debate that now cleaves our nation.--From publisher description.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-342) and index.
Call Number
KF3941 .W56 2011
Language
English
ISBN
9780393077414 hardcover
0393077411 hardcover
0393077411 hardcover
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