How Good Are Guns?. David B. Kopel and others.
by Kopel, David B; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 61Institutions. Publisher: World & I, 2003ISSN: 1522-3256;.Subject(s): Americans -- Attitudes | Constitutions -- State | Europeans -- Attitudes | Firearms -- Law and legislation | Firearms -- Use in crime prevention | Firearms and crime | Firearms ownership | Gun control | Militia | National Rifle Association of America | State rights | U.S. Constitution 2nd Amendment | United States -- Foreign relations -- Europe | United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 | Youth and firearmsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "From watching Westerns on television to dressing up as cowboys for Halloween, generations of Americans grew up with a fascination for guns. But just an ocean away, Europeans look at America's gun culture with confusion and disdain. How did such different perspectives on firearms arise out of similar civilizations? This...Special Report will examine the differences in laws and gun-ownership rates between the two cultures and explore the relationship between guns and crime." (WORLD & I)| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2005.
Originally Published: How Good Are Guns?, Oct. 2003; pp. 18-37.
"From watching Westerns on television to dressing up as cowboys for Halloween, generations of Americans grew up with a fascination for guns. But just an ocean away, Europeans look at America's gun culture with confusion and disdain. How did such different perspectives on firearms arise out of similar civilizations? This...Special Report will examine the differences in laws and gun-ownership rates between the two cultures and explore the relationship between guns and crime." (WORLD & I)
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