Arming and disarming a history of gun control in Canada /
Brown, R. Blake.
Arming and disarming a history of gun control in Canada / R. Blake Brown. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) illustrations. - Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1 "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before Confederation -- 2 "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late-Nineteenth Century -- 3 "A rifle in the hands of every able-bodied man in the Dominion of Canada under proper auspices": Arming Britons and Disarming Immigrants from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Great War -- 4 "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World Wars -- 5 Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980 -- 6 Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006 -- Conclusion.
Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'
9781442665590
Gun control--History.--Canada
Firearms--Law and legislation--Canada.
Electronic Books.
HV7439 / .A765 2012
Arming and disarming a history of gun control in Canada / R. Blake Brown. - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, (c)2012. - 1 online resource (xvi, 349 pages) illustrations. - Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History .
Includes bibliographies and index.
1 "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before Confederation -- 2 "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late-Nineteenth Century -- 3 "A rifle in the hands of every able-bodied man in the Dominion of Canada under proper auspices": Arming Britons and Disarming Immigrants from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Great War -- 4 "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World Wars -- 5 Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980 -- 6 Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006 -- Conclusion.
Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'
9781442665590
Gun control--History.--Canada
Firearms--Law and legislation--Canada.
Electronic Books.
HV7439 / .A765 2012