Gunfight : the battle over the right to bear arms in America /

Author Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional law, uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's capital, as a springboard for a historical narrative of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun contr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winkler, Adam
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., c2011
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

MARC

LEADER 00000cam a2200000 a 4500
001 668194879
003 OCoLC
005 20130111000000.0
008 110405s2011 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 |a 2011014429 
020 |a 9780393077414 (hardcover) : 
020 |a 0393077411 (hardcover) 
035 |a (SKY)235774221 
040 |a DLC  |c DLC  |d YDX  |d BTCTA  |d YDXCP  |d UPZ  |d BKL  |d UKMGB  |d IUK  |d BUR  |d ABG  |d SKYRV 
043 |a n-us--- 
049 |a VLA 
050 0 0 |a KF3941  |b .W56 2011 
100 1 |a Winkler, Adam 
245 1 0 |a Gunfight :  |b the battle over the right to bear arms in America /  |c Adam Winkler 
246 3 |a Gun fight 
250 |a 1st ed 
260 |a New York, NY :  |b W.W. Norton & Co.,  |c c2011 
300 |a xi, 361 p., [8] p. of plates :  |b ill. ;  |c 25 cm 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-342) and index 
505 0 |a Big guns and little guns at the Supreme Court -- "Gun grabbers" -- "Gun nuts" -- Guns of our fathers -- Civil War -- The Wild West -- Gangsters, guns, and G-men -- By any means necessary -- Decision 
520 |a Author Adam Winkler, a professor of Constitutional law, uses the landmark 2008 case District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law banning handguns in the nation's capital, as a springboard for a historical narrative of America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun control and the right to bear arms. From the Founding Fathers and the Second Amendment to the origins of the Ku Klux Klan, ironically as a gun control organization, the debate over guns has always generated controversy. Whether examining the Black Panthers' role in provoking the modern gun rights movement or Ronald Reagan's efforts to curtail gun ownership, Winkler weaves together the dramatic stories of gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists, providing often unexpected insights into the venomous debate that now cleaves our nation.--From publisher description 
610 1 0 |a United States.  |t Constitution.  |n 2nd Amendment 
650 0 |a Firearms  |x Law and legislation  |z United States  |x History 
650 0 |a Gun control  |z United States 
907 |a .b2178151 
998 |a secnd 
999 |c 102060 
852 |a Law Library  |b Second Floor  |h KF3941 .W56 2011  |p 33940004210421