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Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, A Division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The Second Amendment defender John R. Lott Jr., Ph. D., economist and gun rights advocate, goes beyond philosophical arguments to confront opponents of gun ownership with the facts. Through rigorous research and analysis of data, he has been able to show that increased gun possession can actually make people safer and reduce crime. Terrorists and mass murderers consciously pick targets where they know victims will be unable to defend themselves, and...
2) Gun control
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
3) Miss Sloane
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In the world of political power brokers, Sloane takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, the gun lobby, and will do whatever is required to win.
4) Guns
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The author shares his thoughts about gun violence in America and explores the contours of the gun-control issue and constructs his argument for what can and should be done.
5) Gun violence
Author
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Gun violence doesn't have to be an unapproachable topic. This hi/lo resource utilizes easy to read timelines and maps, as well as reflective photographs and online resources to deliver a comprehensive yet approachable guide to the complex issue of gun violence. Teens will gain insight into the history of gun violence as the text delves into the various social, economic, and cultural factors that have built the current landscape. Ending with an overview...
Author
Publisher
Mango Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Fred Guttenberg, who lost his beloved daughter Jaime in the 2018 Parkland school shooting, and International gun policy consultant Thomas Gabor team up in American Carnage to dismantle some of the most common myths about guns and gun violence. A national disgrace. In America, over 40,000 die each year as a result of gun violence. Relative to other advanced countries, the U.S. has a dismal gun violence record. Gun law reforms could reduce the number...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rosen Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gun violence can be a confusing and scary topic. Anyone who keeps current with the news will know that gun violence occurs in our society nearly every day. This book explores the history of guns as it applies to the Second Amendment and the effects of gun violence on society. Gun control and legislation in the United States on federal, state, and local levels are thoughtfully addressed without taking sides on this controversial issue. Sidebars highlight...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in many ways a model for the world, yet for one of the most fundamental of all human concerns, the imperative to keep ourselves and our loved ones free from harm, American ingenuity has failed. Unique in all of the developed world, America is bathed in violence. Our churches and schools, our movie theaters and dance clubs and music festivals are no longer safe places to congregate. Our politics is consumed by fear and intimations...
10) 22 seconds
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 22
Language
English
Description
"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...
Publisher
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
The United States of America is notorious for its astronomical number of people killed by firearms for a developed nation without a civil war. With his signature sense of angry humor, activist filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the roots of this bloodshed. Uses interviews, animation, and documentary clips.
Author
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"In this timeless memoir recounting every parent's worst nightmare, a literary stylist on par with powerhouses such as Raymond Chandler and Norman Maclean offers a balm for the many families who have suffered unthinkable loss. A truthful, courageous inquiry into guns, violence, and manhood in America today"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
HarperOne
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Shannon Watts was a stay-at-home mom folding laundry when news of the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary flashed across the television screen. Heartbroken and fed up, Watts decided to do something about it. [This book] is a riveting account of how one mother's cry for change grew into a national movement, Moms Demand Action, a powerful grassroots network with millions of supporters and local chapters in all fifty states. Watts has been called...
16) Mass shootings
Author
Series
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Over the past twenty years, research shows that mass shootings have occurred almost every year in the United States. Through a narrative-driven pro/con format supported by relevant facts, quotes, anecdotes, and full-color illustrations this title examines issues related to mass shootings.
Author
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Thom Hartmann, the most popular progressive radio host in America... looks at the real history of guns in America and what we can do to limit both their lethal impact and the power of the gun lobby... Hartmann examines how guns have played important roles throughout American history, from early European settlement to the Revolutionary War and Manifest Destiny, through the use of Slave Patrols in the Deep South (which became the "well-regulated militias"...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"When Chicago's Mayor Michael Rodriguez starts a national campaign to ban handguns from America's cities, towns, and villages, Otis Cogsworth, the wealthy chairman and CEO of Cogsworth International Arms worries about the effects on his company. In response he and lobbyist Sunny McCarthy convince an Arkansas congressman to introduce federal legislation mandating that every American must own a firearm. Events soon escalate"--
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"From two survivors of the Parkland, Florida, shooting comes a declaration for our times, and an in-depth look at the making of the #NeverAgain movement. On February 14, 2018, seventeen-year-old David Hogg and his fourteen-year-old sister, Lauren, went to school at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, like any normal Wednesday. That day, of course, the world changed. By the next morning, with seventeen classmates and faculty dead, they had joined...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was murdered in the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, teamed up with education expert Max Eden to find out how the Parkland shooter slipped through the cracks. They argue that the policies pioneered in Broward plague American schools, and make school shootings more likely.
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