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008			161107t20172017nmu ob 001 0 eng
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050	1	4	_aHV7436 _b.H693 2017
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aBriggs, William, _d1949- _e1
245	1	0	_aHow America got its guns : _ba history of the gun violence crisis / _cWilliam Briggs.
260			_aAlbuquerque : _bUniversity of New Mexico Press, _c(c)2017.
300			_a1 online resource (ix, 339 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_a"In the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author's thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in this country can be reduced. Briggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Among them are gays and lesbians, women, competitive trapshooters, people in the gun-rights and gun-control trenches, the NRA's first female president, and the most successful gunsmith in American history. Balanced and painstakingly unbiased, Briggs's account provides the background needed to follow gun politics in America and to understand the gun culture in which we are likely to live for the foreseeable future."-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_a1: 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.
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610	1	0	_aUnited States -- _tConstitution _n2nd Amendment.
650		0	_aGun control _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aFirearms ownership _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aViolent crimes _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aFirearms _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1423319&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell