Disarmed: The Missing Movement for Gun Control in America

by Kristin A. Goss

Book Overview

More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence. Each year, some 30,000 people die by gunfire. Over the course of its history, the nation has witnessed the murders of beloved public figures; massacres in workplaces and schools; and epidemics of gun violence that terrorize neighborhoods and claim tens of thousands of lives. Commanding majorities of Americans voice support for stricter controls...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069113832X
• ISBN13: 9780691138329
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"