Intro
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Ousman the Hunter
Toward a Social Theory of Gun Control
The Global in Global Gun Control
The Anthropology of Small Arms Control in the Gambia
References
2 Guns and the International Community
Introduction
The Imperial Origins of Small Arms Control
Small Arms Control from World War I Through the Cold War
The Modern Small Arms Control Movement from the 1990s
Conclusion
References
3 How Gun Control Comes to The Gambia
The Civil Servants
Gambian Gun Control Law

The Gambia, the United Nations, and Small Arms Control
The Gambia, ECOWAS, and the National Commission Against the Proliferation of Small Arms
Conclusion
References
4 Gun Control from "None but Gentlemen" to "a Culture of Responsible Gun Ownership"
"How They Got Their Guns"
Guns and Class: The UK Example
Gun Control and Race in the United States
The Responsibilization of Gun Ownership in South Africa
Conclusion
References
5 Police, Guards, and Hunters: The Distribution of Legitimate Violence in the Gambia
Inspector Bojang

Violence, Authority, and the Gambian State
Private Guards and the Boundaries of Security
Hunters, Violence, and Lethal Skill
Who Owns a Gun in the Gambia?
Conclusion
References
6 The Sutural State and Individual Freedom: The Symbolism of Gun Control
Mbai the Magistrate
Crime, Borders, and the Suture of Gun Control
Gun Control Beyond the Gambian State
Guns as Liberators, Guns as Freedom
Tactical Lifestyle and Personal Autonomy
Conclusion
References
7 Conclusion: Sovereignty, Gun Control, and Global Practice
A Most Dangerous Man

Guns, the African State, and the Production of the "International"
Gun Control, Legitimate Violence, and the State
References
Index