LEADER 02710nam 2200541 450 001 9910466300103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8263-5814-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000001127912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4744145 035 $a(OCoLC)962304406 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56772 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4744145 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11367880 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1004085 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001127912 100 $a20170417h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow America got its guns $ea history of the gun violence crisis /$fWilliam Briggs 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aAlbuquerque, [New Mexico] :$cUniversity of New Mexico Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (340 pages) 311 $a0-8263-5813-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"In the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author's thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in this country can be reduced. Briggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Among them are gays and lesbians, women, competitive trapshooters, people in the gun-rights and gun-control trenches, the NRA's first female president, and the most successful gunsmith in American history. Balanced and painstakingly unbiased, Briggs's account provides the background needed to follow gun politics in America and to understand the gun culture in which we are likely to live for the foreseeable future."--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aGun control$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFirearms ownership$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aViolent crimes$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aFirearms$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGun control$xHistory. 615 0$aFirearms ownership$xHistory. 615 0$aViolent crimes$xHistory. 615 0$aFirearms$xLaw and legislation 676 $a363.330973 700 $aBriggs$b William$f1949-$0888822 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466300103321 996 $aHow America got its guns$91985377 997 $aUNINA