Disarmed : The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America /

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More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goss, Kristin A., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2009.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Violent crimes > Prevention.
Gun control.
Firearms and crime.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Violence in Society.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Law Enforcement.
Armes à feu et criminalite > États-Unis.
Armes à feu > Contrôle > États-Unis.
Violent crimes > United States > Prevention.
Firearms and crime > United States.
Gun control > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls on firearms. Yet they have never mounted a true national movement for gun control. Why? Disarmed unravels this paradox. Based on historical archives, i.
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400837755

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