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Politics of Gun Control
Politics of Gun Control | Robert J. Spitzer
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The new edition of this classic text covers the latest developments in American gun policy, including shooting incidents plaguing the American landscape - especially Sandy Hook, the Colorado theatre shootings and the tragic death of Trayvon Martin - placing them in context with similar recent events. The incidents described in the book sparked a wave of gun control legislation at local, state and national levels, some of which was successful, some doomed and all controversial. At the national level, President Obama put his political capital on the line to push for new gun control measures, only to see them shot down by Congress. Robert J. Spitzer has long been a recognised authority on gun control and gun policy. His even-handed treatment of the issue - as both a member of the NRA and the Brady Center - continues to compel national and international interest, including interviews by the likes of Terry Gross, Tom Ashbrook and Diane Rehm. This sixth edition of The Politics of Gun Control provides the reader with up-to-date data and coverage of gun ownership, gun deaths, school shootings, border patrols and new topics including social media, stand-your-ground laws, magazine regulation, and shooting-related mental health initiatives.
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Politics of Gun Control | Robert J. Spitzer
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#Rocktober #day6 #TimesLikeThese What more can be said? I don't know how they can keep saying guns aren't the problem, when you look at the statistics of gun violence per capita & compare countries with strict gun laws with countries without controls, the numbers are staggering. That tired old line "guns don't kill people, people do" is just a cop out. If those "people" didn't have easy access to guns, they couldn't do what they did. Simple.

Johanna414 I honestly can't understand why people (aka the majority of my town's population) are so rabid about their "2nd Amendment rights." Apparently that's more important than the lives of the hundreds who have been killed in shootings in our country. Baffling. 7y
vivastory The NRA has propagated fear directly & indirectly that the federal government wants to confiscate all guns. There's a spike in gun sales following tragedies like Las Vegas. The gun industry and the NRA literally profit from tragedies. 7y
Cinfhen 😢😢💔 7y
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Laalaleighh 🙌🏼🙌🏼 7y
Hooked_on_books @Johanna414 Bingo. I realized after Sandy Hook that nothing will ever change. If you care more about your own right to a gun than you do about a child's right to not be killed by one, something is very wrong. 7y
BarbaraBB I so agree!!! 7y
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