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2) Outgunned: up against the NRA : the first complete insider account of the battle over gun control
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"This illuminating study traces the transformation of the right to arms from its inception in English and Colonial American law to today's impassioned gun-control debate. As historian and legal scholar Patrick J. Charles shows, what the right to arms means to Americans, as well as what it legally protects, has changed drastically since its first appearance in the 1689 Declaration of Rights. Armed in America explores how and why the right to arms transformed...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak"--
Once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, the NRA ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organization that maintained an iron hold on gun legislation in America. The millions in small fees from members across the country funded hidden, lavish lifestyles of designer suits, private...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A former member of the NRA discusses the decades-long incompetence at the organization, exposing the intentional toxic messaging in the fight against gun control and detailing how the discord it created allowed the organization to secure the Trump presidency.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America... looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby... Hartmann examines how guns have played important roles throughout American history, from early European settlement to the Revolutionary War and Manifest Destiny, through the use of Slave Patrols in the Deep South (which became the "well-regulated militias"...
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Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Lexile measure
880L
Language
English
Description
"This narrative nonfiction title introduces young readers to the 2018 March for Our Lives. This large protest, filled with powerful and courageous voices, shined a light on important issues concerning gun violence. Each book includes a table of contents,glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--
