Brown, R. Blake. <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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.' 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442665590 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gun control--History.--Canada<br/>Firearms--Law and legislation--Canada.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HV7439  / .A765 2012