Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in AmericaA provocative history that reveals how guns—not abortion, race, or religion—are at the heart of America's cultural divide. 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. |
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Avis d'utilisateur - rivkat - LibraryThingThis 2016 book takes as its premise that there is a strong constitutional basis for an individual right to bear arms in self-defense, and that there would be due to dozens’ of states’ constitutions ... Consulter l'avis complet
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Avis d'utilisateur - BruceCoulson - LibraryThingProbably the single best book on the tangled history of gun ownership and gun regulation in the United States. There's plenty here to upset and offend extremists on both ends of the question. Winkler ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
Gun Grabbers | |
Gun Nuts | |
Guns of Our Fathers | |
Civil | |
Gangsters Guns and Gmen | |
By Any Means Necessary | |
Decision | |
EPILOGUE | |
INDEX | |
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Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America Adam Winkler Aucun aperçu disponible - 2013 |
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