Gun control in the United States : a reference handbook / / Gregg Lee Carter
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| Autore: |
Carter Gregg Lee <1951->
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| Titolo: |
Gun control in the United States : a reference handbook / / Gregg Lee Carter
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, Calif. : , : ABC-CLIO, , 2017 |
| New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2023 | |
| Edizione: | 2nd ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xviii, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina: | 363.330973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Firearms - Law and legislation - United States |
| Firearms - Social aspects - United States | |
| Gun control - United States | |
| Violent crimes - United States | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Gun control in the United States |
| ISBN: | 9798400660726 |
| 9798216093466 | |
| 9781786849625 | |
| 1786849623 | |
| 9781440835674 | |
| 1440835675 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910158606303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Contemporary world issues.