Gunfight
The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America
New York : W.W. Norton, [2011]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 361 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Gunfight is a timely work examining America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. In this definitive and provocative history, Adam Winkler reveals how guns--not abortion, race, or religion--are at the heart of America's cultural divide. Using the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller--which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's capital--as a springboard, Winkler brilliantly 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.
Subjects:
United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment.
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Gun control -- United States.
United States. Constitution. 2nd Amendment.
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History.
Gun control -- United States.
ISBN:
9780393077414 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
LAW Constitution Win | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references and index.