The Politics of Gun ControlThe Politics of Gun Control is a gem: the unique case study that delves into a controversial topic students know something about--or at least have an opinion on--while raising important issues and questions about how the American political system works. Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative and fair-minded analysis of the gun control debate in the United States analyzes every important aspect of the controversy, including its history; the Constitutional right to bear arms; the criminological consequences of guns; and the role and impact of American governing institutions, interest groups, political parties, public opinion, and more. |
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... bullets. Many of these bullets are fired by people who have their own parochial interests, their petty rivalries and their small-minded gains. But more often than not, these have been Washington's bullets. These are bullets that have ...
... bullets and canisters of CS gas . In a city which , prior to 1968 , was famous for its low crime rate , rioting became a daily ritual , creating local heroes out of those who took on the army . The spectacle made good television and the ...
... bullets. If individual legions prepared and shot their own bullets, we could look for distinctions in shape and weight. At Perusia, for example, bullets shot by legion IV differ from those naming legion VI.14 The various abbreviations ...
Contents
POLICY DEFINITION AND GUN CONTROL | 1 |
MEANING INTENT | 17 |
THE CRIMINOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF GUNS | 43 |
Copyright | |
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