Briggs, William.

How America Got Its Guns : A History of the Gun Violence Crisis. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (351 pages)

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1: Guns in America -- 2: The Advantage of Being Armed -- 3: Number Games -- 4: Twenty-Seven Words -- 5: Guns in American Lives -- 6: Interpreting the Second Amendment -- 7: Magic Never Made a Gun -- 8: The Other Amendment -- 9: Playing by the Rules -- 10: Colfax and Cruikshank -- 11: Enforcement! -- 12: A Century Passes -- 13: Carry, Stand, and Defend -- 14: The Court Speaks -- 15: Guns and the Mind -- 16: The Court Speaks Again -- 17: A Year Passes -- 18: Reducing Gun Violence -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.

This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned.

9780826358141


Gun control--United States--History.


Electronic books.

HV7436.B754 2017

363.330973