School Shootings and the Never Again Movement
Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, [2019]
Format: Book
Description: viii, 161 pages ; 25 cm.
This volume provides a concise but authoritative overview of the Never Again Movement, which arose in the aftermath of a mass shooting that killed 17 people at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. -- From product description.
Series: 21st-century turning points.
Contents:
Chapter 1: Overview of school shootings and the Never Again Movement.
Chapter 2: Landmark events. The University of Texas tower shooting (1966) -- The Gun Control Act (1968) -- The NRA Cincinnati revolt (1977) -- The Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986) -- The Brady Bill and Assault Weapons Ban (1993-1994) -- The Columbine High School shooting (1999) -- The Virginia Tech shooting (2007) -- "District of Columbia v. Heller" (2008) -- Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (2012) -- The Umpqua Community College shooting (2015) -- The Las Vegas shooting (2017) -- The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (2018) -- The Never Again Movement forms (2018) -- The March for our Lives (2018) -- The Sante Fe High School shooting (2018).
Chapter 3: Impacts of the Never Again Movement. The March for our Lives demands -- School safety and proposals to arm teachers -- A new age of youth activism -- A shift in public sentiments about gun control.
Chapter 4: Profiles. Mark Barden (1965?-) -- Michael Bloomberg (1942-) -- Jaclyn Corin (2000-) -- Gabby Giffords (1970-) -- Emma Gonzalez (1999-) -- Nicole Hockley (1970?-) -- David Hogg (2000-) -- Cameron Kasky (2000-) -- Wayne LaPierre (1949-) -- Dana Loesch (1978-) -- Shannon Watts (1971-).
Chapter 2: Landmark events. The University of Texas tower shooting (1966) -- The Gun Control Act (1968) -- The NRA Cincinnati revolt (1977) -- The Firearms Owners' Protection Act (1986) -- The Brady Bill and Assault Weapons Ban (1993-1994) -- The Columbine High School shooting (1999) -- The Virginia Tech shooting (2007) -- "District of Columbia v. Heller" (2008) -- Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting (2012) -- The Umpqua Community College shooting (2015) -- The Las Vegas shooting (2017) -- The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting (2018) -- The Never Again Movement forms (2018) -- The March for our Lives (2018) -- The Sante Fe High School shooting (2018).
Chapter 3: Impacts of the Never Again Movement. The March for our Lives demands -- School safety and proposals to arm teachers -- A new age of youth activism -- A shift in public sentiments about gun control.
Chapter 4: Profiles. Mark Barden (1965?-) -- Michael Bloomberg (1942-) -- Jaclyn Corin (2000-) -- Gabby Giffords (1970-) -- Emma Gonzalez (1999-) -- Nicole Hockley (1970?-) -- David Hogg (2000-) -- Cameron Kasky (2000-) -- Wayne LaPierre (1949-) -- Dana Loesch (1978-) -- Shannon Watts (1971-).
Subjects:
School shootings -- United States.
Student movements -- United States.
Gun control -- United States.
School shootings -- United States.
Student movements -- United States.
Gun control -- United States.
ISBN:
9781440867514
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Violence Hil | Northeast Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.