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Arming and disarming : a history of gun control in Canada /

Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brown, R. Blake
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2012.
Colección:Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before Confederation
  • 2 "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late-Nineteenth Century
  • 3 "A rifle in the hands of every able-bodied man in the Dominion of Canada under proper auspices": Arming Britons and Disarming Immigrants from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Great War
  • 4 "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World Wars
  • 5 Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980
  • 6 Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006
  • Conclusion.