firearms

"Taking readers on a . . . historical journey, Erdozain shows how the Founders feared the tyranny of individuals as much as the tyranny of kings--the idea that any person had a right to walk around armed was anathema to their notion of freedom and the enduring republic they hoped to build. They baked these ideas into the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, ideas that were subsequently affirmed as bedrock by two centuries of jurisprudence. And yet: the twin scourges of America's sickness on race and its near-religious nationalism would work in tandem to create an alternate, darker vision of American freedom. This vision was defined by a mystic conception of good guys and bad guys, underpinned by a host of assumptions about innocence and guilt, power and entitlement. By the time the US Supreme Court essentially invented an individual gun right in 2008 by torturing the words of the Second Amendment in Heller--a decision that Erdozain convincingly eviscerates--many Americans had already acceded to gun activists' perverse unfreedom. To save our democracy, he argues, we must fight for the Founders' true idea of what it means to be free"--Provided by publisher.

Readers learn about the history and modern implications of the Second Amendment.

In the past decade, 15,000 children have been killed from gunfire, though that number does not account for the kids who weren't shot and aren't considered victims but have nevertheless been irreparably harmed by gun violence. In [this book], [the author] investigates the effectiveness of gun safety reforms as well as efforts to manage children's trauma in the wake of neighborhood shootings and campus massacres, from Columbine to Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Through deep reporting, [he] addresses how we can effect change now, and help [the] children. In a moment when the country is desperate to better understand and address gun violence, [this book] offers a way to do just that, weaving . . . personal stories into a . . . call for the United States to embrace practical reforms that would save thousands of young lives"--Provided by publisher.

Traces the philosophical concept of the right to bear arms from ancient Greece and Rome to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and the shaping of the American Constitution.

Looks at the history of gun laws and control, including the debate over the right to bear arms versus regulations, in the United States.

Looks at the use and misuse of handguns in the United States.

Looks at guns for recreation and sport in the Untied States.

Looks at gun culture in the United States.

Reframes the relationship Native Americans have with firearms as a means of pursuing their interests and defending their political and economic autonomy.

"[Examines] mass shootings as told by the media, offering research-based, factual answers to oft-asked questions and investigating common myths about these tragic events."--Provided by publisher.