Showdown in the Show-Me State : the fight over conceal-and-carry gun laws in Missouri / William T. Horner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horner, William T., 1968-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Firearms--Law and legislation--Missouri.

Firearms.

Gun control--Missouri.

Gun control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Missouri state legislature overrode Governor Bob Holden's veto in 2003 to make conceal-and-carry the law of the land, the Show-Me State became one of the last in the country to adopt this type of law. In fact, it took years of concerted effort on the part of pro-gun advocates to make this a reality. In Showdown in the Show-Me State, William Horner chronicles this complex and fascinating fight in clear, chronological order beginning with the first bill introduced into the Missouri General Assembly in 1992 and ending with the state supreme court's decision in 2004 that Missouri's constitution permitted the legislature to grant Missourians the right to carry concealed weapons. There is, it is often argued, no state more typically "American" than Missouri. The state is closely divided along partisan lines, as is the nation as a whole, and in the previous century, Missouri voters have regularly chosen the winner in almost every presidential election. By offering an examination of guns and gun policy in Missouri, this book provides a glimpse into the hearts and minds of Missourians and, by extension, of mainstream America as well. Horner's in-depth case study details the give-and-take among legislators and examines the role that interest groups played in the evolution of this divisive issue. Horner's book part policy analysis, part interest group study, and part history-will appeal to readers with an interest in the issue of gun control or in the political process, and it will provide a thorough resource for those who study policy making at the state level.

Contents:

Changing the rules of regulating guns

The gun lobby and round one, preemption

1992 : the conceal-and-carry fight begins

1993 to 1994 : conceal-and-carry returns

Conceal-and-carry, 1995

Conceal-and-carry, 1996 : back for another try

Conceal-and-carry, 1997 to 1998 : setting the stage for Prop B

The Campaign of 1999 : an introduction

The Campaign of 1999 : the activists

The Campaign of 1999 : interpreting statistics and the law

The Campaign of 1999 : funding and advertising

The Campaign of 1999 : a brawl

The Campaign of 1999 : public opinion and the news media

The Campaign of 1999 : election day

More in 1999 : Missouri takes on liability lawsuits

2000 : the fight continues with elections of a different sort : Ashcroft vs. Carnahan and Bush vs. Gore

2001 : elections begin to make a difference

2002 : a Missouri republican revolution

2003 : victory for conceal-and-carry

Conceal-and-carry veto fight

Legal questions : conceal-and-carry gets its day(s) in court

The supremes have their say and the issue is settled : sort of

In the aftermath of the court's decision.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-299) and index.

ISBN:

0-8262-6474-3

OCLC:

614817931