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Gun control in the United States : a reference handbook / Gregg Lee Carter.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carter, Gregg Lee, 1951-
- Series:
- Contemporary world issues.
- Contemporary world issues
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Firearms--Law and legislation--United States.
- Firearms.
- Firearms--Social aspects--United States.
- Gun control--United States.
- Gun control.
- Violent crimes--United States.
- Violent crimes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file HTML
- Summary:
- This book explores all aspects of the gun control issue, including incidence of gun violence; gun rights; government regulation, legislation, and court decisions; gun organizations (for gun control and for gun rights); gun enthusiast subcultures (hunters, target shooters, collectors); and U.S. attitudes toward guns. It presents current and historical data on U.S. gun violence and places these numbers against international statistics on gun violence.
- Contents:
- 1. Background and history
- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions
- 3. Perspectives
- 4. Profiles
- 5. Data and documents
- 6. Resources
- 7. Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9798400660726
- 9798216093466
- 9781786849625
- 1786849623
- 9781440835674
- 1440835675
- OCLC:
- 965781524
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