Showdown in the Show-Me State : The Fight over Conceal-and-Carry Gun Laws in Missouri.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (323 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- SHOWDOWN in the SHOW- ME STATE -- Chapter One Changing the Rules of Regulating Guns -- Chapter Two The Gun Lobby and Round One - Preemption -- Chapter Three 1992 - The Conceal-and-Carry Fight Begins -- Chapter Four 1993 to 1994 - Conceal-and-Carry Returns -- Chapter Five Conceal- and-Carry - 1995 -- Chapter Six Conceal- and-Carry - 1996: Back for Another Try -- Chapter Seven Conceal- and-Carry - 1997 to 1998: Setting the Stage for Prop B -- Chapter Eight The Campaign of 1999 - An Introduction -- Chapter Nine The Campaign of 1999 - The Activists -- Chapter Ten The Campaign of 1999 - Interpreting Statistics and the Law -- Chapter Eleven The Campaign of 1999 - Funding and Advertising -- Chapter Twelve The Campaign of 1999 - A Brawl -- Chapter Thirteen The Campaign of 1999 - Public Opinion and the News Media -- Chapter Fourteen The Campaign of 1999 - Election Day -- Chapter Fifteen More in 1999 - Missouri Takes on Liability Lawsuits -- Chapter Sixteen 2000 - The Fight Continues with Elections of a Different Sort: Ashcroft versus Carnahan and Bush versus Gore -- Chapter Seventeen 2001 - Elections Begin to Make a Difference -- Chapter Eighteen 2002 - A Missouri Republican Revolution -- Chapter Nineteen 2003 - Victory for Conceal-and-Carry -- Chapter Twenty Conceal- and- Carry Veto Fight! -- Chapter Twenty-One Legal Questions - Conceal-and-Carry Gets Its Day( s) in Court -- Chapter Twenty- Two The Supremes Have Their Say and the Issue Is Settled - Sort Of -- Chapter Twenty- Three In the Aftermath of the Court's Decision -- Chapter Twenty-Four Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.