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Synopsis
Top scholars present an unbiased, two-volume set that takes on the explosive issue of guns and gun violence in the United States.
· 400+ data-rich entries on all aspects of the issue including gun violence, gun control legislation, court decisions, gun organizations, gun owners, and gun subcultures
· Contributions by nearly 100 of the most important researchers and writers on guns in the United States
· Archival and contemporary illustrations, photographs, charts, and tables such as results of the Firearm Use in Crime National Victimization Survey, 1999
· Lists of key federal and state gun laws, right to bear arms provisions from state constitutions, and contact information for organizations on both sides of the issue
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School shootings, gangland slayings, spousal murder. With more guns than people, the United States suffers a death-by-gun rate 10, 20, even 50 times that of other industrialized democracies. What lies behind our 200-year-old fascination with firearms? What explains our national ambivalence toward gun control?
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Gregg Lee Carter is professor of sociology at Bryant College, Smithfield, RI.
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- PublisherABC-CLIO
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1576072681
- ISBN 13 9781576072684
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages756
- EditorCarter Gregg Lee
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