School shootings and the Never Again Movement /

This book analyzes school shootings and examines the broader issue of gun violence in America. It focuses on the history of school shootings in the United States and the debate that has raged for decades between gun control advocates and supporters of gun ownership rights.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hillstrom, Laurie Collier, 1965- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, 2019.
Colección:21st-century turning points.
Temas:
School shootings > United States.
Student movements > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Meurtre multiple dans les écoles > États-Unis.
Mouvements étudiants > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
EDUCATION > Organizations & Institutions.
Gun control
School shootings
Student movements
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover page; Halftitle page; Series page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Series Foreword; chapter one Overview of School Shootings and the Never Again Movement; chapter two Landmark Events; The University of Texas Tower Shooting (1966); The Gun Control Act (1968); The NRA Cincinnati Revolt (1977); The Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986); The Brady Bill and Assault Weapons Ban (1993-1994); The Columbine High School Shooting (1999); District of Columbia v. Heller (2008); The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (2012); The Umpqua Community College Shooting (2015)
  • The Las Vegas Shooting (2017); The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting (2018); The Never Again Movement Forms (2018); The March for Our Lives (2018); The Santa Fe High School Shooting (2018); chapter three Impacts of the Never Again Movement; The March for Our Lives Demands; School Safety and Proposals to Arm Teachers; A New Age of Youth Activism; A Shift in Public Sentiments about Gun Control; chapter four Profiles; Mark Barden (1965?- ) Gun violence prevention advocate and cofounder of Sandy Hook Promise
  • Michael Bloomberg (1942- ) Former mayor of New York City and cofounder of Everytown for Gun Safety; Jaclyn Corin (2000- ) Parkland school shooting survivor and March for Our Lives organizer; Gabby Giffords (1970- ) Former U.S. representative from Arizona, gun violence victim, and gun safety advocate; Emma González (1999- ) Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control advocate; Nicole Hockley (1970?- ) Gun violence prevention expert and cofounder of Sandy Hook Promise; David Hogg (2000- ) Parkland school shooting survivor and gun control advocate
  • Cameron Kasky (2000- ) Parkland school shooting survivor and cofounder of Never Again MSD; Wayne LaPierre (1949- ) Gun rights activist and chief executive officer of the National Rifle Association; Dana Loesch (1978- ) Conservative talk show host and national spokesperson for the National Rifle Association; Shannon Watts (1971- ) Gun control activist and founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; Further Resources; Index

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