Gunfight : the battle over the right to bear arms in America / Adam Winkler.
Winkler, Adam.
2011
KF3941 .W56 2011 (Mapit)
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Title Gunfight : the battle over the right to bear arms in America / Adam Winkler.
Author Winkler, Adam.
Edition 1st ed.
ISBN 9780393077414
0393077411
Imprint New York, N.Y. : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011.
Language English
Description xi, 361 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Call Number KF3941 .W56 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 344.7305/33
Summary "Author Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional law, uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's Capitol, as a springboard for a historical narrative of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. From the Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment to the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, ironically as a gun control organization, the debate over guns has always generated controversy. Whether examining the Black Panthers' role in provoking the modern gun rights movement or Ronald Reagan's efforts to curtail gun ownership, Winkler weaves together the dramatic stories of gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists, providing often unexpected insights into the venomous debate that now cleaves our nation"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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