Gun Control in the United States: A Reference Handbook (Contemporary World Issues) - Hardcover

Carter, Gregg Lee

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1851097600 ISBN 13: 9781851097609

Publisher: ABC-CLIO, 2006

Synopsis

This balanced, objective examination of the gun control debate in America gives the general reader access to contemporary research on both sides of the argument.

· A chronology of gun control, including key legislation, court decisions, and historical events

· An annotated bibliography points readers to reliable additional print and nonprint resources

About this title

Book Description

There are as many guns in the United States as there are adults, and each year we suffer more than 27,000 gun-related deaths and more than 60,000 gun-related injuries. Would gun control reduce these tragic numbers? This question is hotly debated across the country. Available information, even from scholars, tends to be agenda-driven and objective information is not easy to find.

About the Author

b>Gregg Lee Carter, PhD, is professor of sociology and chair of the Department of History and Social Sciences at Bryant University, Smithfield, RI. His published works include ABC-CLIO's Guns in American Society, which was the winner of the American Library Association's 2003 Booklist Editors' Choice award.

Edition details

• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1851097600
• ISBN 13: 9781851097609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 430