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Gunfight, September 2011
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The Battle over the Right to Bear Arms in America
W.W. Norton
September 2011
On Sale: September 12, 2011
394 pages
ISBN: 0393077411
EAN: 9780393077414
Kindle: B005LW0MNW
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Non-Fiction
A provocative history that reveals how guns—not abortion,
race, or religion—are at the heart of America's cultural
divide. Gunfight promises to be a seminal work in its examination of
America's four-centuries-long political battle over gun
control and the right to bear arms. In the tradition of
Gideon's Trumpet, Adam Winkler uses the landmark 2008 case
District of Columbia v. Heller, which invalidated a law
banning handguns in the nation's capital, as a springboard
for a groundbreaking historical narrative. From the Founding
Fathers and the Second Amendment to the origins of the Klan,
ironically as a gun control organization, the debate over
guns has always generated controversy. Whether examining the
Black Panthers' role in provoking the modern gun rights
movement or Ronald Reagan's efforts to curtail gun
ownership, Winkler brilliantly weaves together the dramatic
stories of gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists,
providing often unexpected insights into the venomous debate
that now cleaves our nation. 20 black-and-white illustrations
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