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Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xii, 356 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"We live in the Age of the Gun. Around the globe, firearms are ubiquitous and define countless lives; in some places, it's even easier to get a gun than a glass of clean water. In others, it's legal to carry concealed firearms into bars and schools. In [this book], Iain Overton embarks on a ... journey to understand how these weapons have become an integral part of twenty-first century life, beyond the economics of supply and demand"--Amazon.com.
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xx, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Young people are suffering the most from the epidemic of gun violence - as early as kindergarten students are crouching behind locked doors during active shooter drills. Teens are galvanizing to speak up and fight for their right to be safe. They don't just want to get involved, they want to change the world. Enough Is Enough is a call to action for teens ready to lend their voices to the gun violence prevention movement. This handbook deftly explains...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Avenue
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
xix, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Uvalde: 365 was a continuing ABC News series led by the network's Investigative Unit. As part of the initiative, ABC News opened a local satellite news bureau in Uvalde, Texas, in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, that hosted a rotating crew of correspondents, producers, writers, and technical staff. Their gripping, vital reporting has been featured across all programs and platforms, from Good Morning America to...
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, A Division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xix, 314 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The Second Amendment defender John R. Lott Jr., Ph. D., economist and gun rights advocate, goes beyond philosophical arguments to confront opponents of gun ownership with the facts. Through rigorous research and analysis of data, he has been able to show that increased gun possession can actually make people safer and reduce crime. Terrorists and mass murderers consciously pick targets where they know victims will be unable to defend themselves, and...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a naked, mentally ill white man with an AR-15 killed four young adults of color at a Waffle House, Nashville-based physician and gun policy scholar Dr. Jonathan M. Metzl once again advocated for commonsense gun reform. But as he peeled back evidence surrounding the racially charged mass shooting, a shocking question emerged: Did the public health approach he had championed for years have it all wrong? Long at the forefront of a movement advocating...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
vii, 240 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords--disabled from an assassination attempt in Tucson, Arizona--and her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership and more responsible gun control laws, despite being gun owners and staunch supporters of the Second Amendment themselves.
9) Big guns
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Chicago's Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to ban handguns from America's cities, towns, and villages, Otis Cogsworth, the wealthy chairman and CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. In response he and lobbyist Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon escalate"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
165 pages ; 16 cm
Language
English
Description
"From two survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting comes a declaration for our times, and an in-depth look at the making of the #NeverAgain movement. On February 14, 2018, seventeen-year-old David Hogg and his fourteen-year-old sister, Lauren, went to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, like any normal Wednesday. That day, of course, the world changed. By the next morning, with seventeen classmates and faculty dead, they had joined...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiii, 364 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in many ways a model for the world, yet for one of the most fundamental of all human concerns, the imperative to keep ourselves and our loved ones free from harm, American ingenuity has failed. Unique in all of the developed world, America is bathed in violence. Our churches and schools, our movie theaters and dance clubs and music festivals are no longer safe places to congregate. Our politics is consumed by fear and intimations...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
385 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
On the first anniversary of the events at Parkland, the acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of Columbine offers an intimate, deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and feckless Congressional leaders--inspiring millions of Americans to join their grassroots #neveragain movement. Nineteen years ago, Dave Cullen was among the first to arrive at Columbine High, even before...
Author
Publisher
Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 371 pages ; 24 cm
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...
14) A good fight
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
258 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Colton Gentry is riding high. His first hit in nearly a decade has caught fire, he's opening for country megastar Brant Lucas, and he's married to one of the hottest acts in the country. But he's hurting. Only a few weeks earlier, his best friend Duane was murdered onstage by a mass shooter at a country music festival. One night, with his trauma festering and Jim Beam flowing through his veins, Colton stands before a sold-out arena crowd of country...
17) 22 seconds
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 22
Language
English
Description
"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
viii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Piers Morgan gives an adrenaline-fueled account of life at CNN in the style of Aaron Sorkin's The News Room, as well as his career-defining decision to take on the issue of gun control at its historical tipping point"--
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xiv, 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Glimmer of Hope is the official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders. Glimmer of Hope tells the story of how a group of teenagers raced to channel their rage and sorrow into action, and went on to create one of the largest youth-led movements in global history. In keeping up with their ongoing fight to end gun-violence in all communities, the student leaders of March for Our Lives have decided not to be paid as authors of the book....
20) Targeted
Publisher
Team Marketing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (70 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A fast paced journey examining one of the key issues of the day, gun control. Goes back to the historical roots of the gun-control agenda, exposing it, and bringing out the dark truth behind it. Creatively answers the increasingly tough questions regarding the issue, as well as giving us a plan that will help to mobilize freedom-loving Americans to defend the rights and liberties that have been granted to us.