The politics of gun control

Robert J. Spitzer

CQ Press, 2008 - Political Science - 240 pages

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Review: The Politics of Gun Control

User Review  - Jana - Goodreads

I learned a great deal from this book. Admittedly, though, it does have a slant; I've yet to find a single book on the issues that is not far slanted. Of course, this one leans on the side I lean ...

Review: The Politics of Gun Control

User Review  - Shane - Goodreads

A lot of useful information and some interesting discussions but not as much as I had hoped for. His last chapter in which he outlines a new framework for gun control politics is particularly disappointing.

Contents

• Policy Definition and Gun Control: 1
• Meaning Intent: 17
• The Bill of Rights: 24

About the author

Spitzer is Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York at Cortland.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The politics of gun control
• Author: Robert J. Spitzer
• Edition: 4, revised
• Publisher: CQ Press, 2008
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Nov 10, 2009
• ISBN: 0872894177, 9780872894174
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Gun control; Gun control/ United States; Political Science / Civil Rights; Political Science / General; Political Science / Public Policy / General; Political Science / Public Policy / Social Policy