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Record Nr.

UNINA9910158606303321

Autore

Carter Gregg Lee <1951->

Titolo

Gun control in the United States : a reference handbook / / Gregg Lee Carter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2017

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023

ISBN

9798400660726

9798216093466

9781786849625

1786849623

9781440835674

1440835675

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Contemporary world issues

Disciplina

363.330973

Soggetti

Firearms - Law and legislation - United States

Firearms - Social aspects - United States

Gun control - United States

Violent crimes - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Background and history -- 2. Problems, controversies, and solutions -- 3. Perspectives -- 4. Profiles -- 5. Data and documents -- 6. Resources -- 7. Chronology.

Sommario/riassunto

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.