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BL
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947620
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b701990
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| Main Entry
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Squires, Peter,1958-
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| Title & Author
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Gun culture or gun control : : firearms, violence and society /\ Peter Squires.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;New York :: Routledge,, 2000.
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1 online resource (xiv, 252 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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020318775X
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: 0415170869
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: 0415170877
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: 1134696981
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: 1134697023
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: 1134697031
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: 9780203187753
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: 9780415170864
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: 9780415170871
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: 9781134696987
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: 9781134697021
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: 9781134697038
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index.
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| Contents
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Introduction : why guns?; The gun question; Emerging issues; Opposing camps; Trends in firearm-related offending; Combat ready; The spectre of the gun : historical and cultural perspectives; Social and historical discourses; Civilisation, authority and violence; A conquest of violence or a new form of power?; Firearms and social control in the UK; The Bill of Rights; Concealed weapons and armed responses?; Civilian disarmament and social change; The making of the American 'gun culture'; Firearms and violence; The politics of guns.
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| Abstract
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This book presents the first substantial analysis of the social and political reactions to events such as the Dunblane disaster in 1996 and also examines many of the wider issues relating to gun control in the United Kingdom.
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Dunblane Massacre, Dunblane, Scotland, 1996.
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Firearms and crime-- Scotland-- Dunblane.
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Firearms and crime-- United States.
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Firearms-- Law and legislation-- Great Britain.
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Gun control-- Great Britain.
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Gun control-- United States.
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Armes à feu et criminalité-- Écosse-- Dunblane.
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Armes à feu et criminalité-- États-Unis.
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Armes à feu-- Contrôle-- États-Unis.
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Armes à feu-- Contrôle-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Armes à feu-- Droit-- Grande-Bretagne.
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Massacres-- Écosse-- Dunblane.
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Firearms and crime.
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Firearms-- Law and legislation.
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Gewalttätigkeit
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Gun control.
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Waffenbesitz
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Waffenrecht
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Acceptatie.
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Geweldsdelicten.
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Vuurwapens.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien
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Scotland, Dunblane.
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United States.
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USA.
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| Dewey Classification
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363.3/3/0941
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| LC Classification
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HV7439.G7S68 2000eb
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| NLM classification
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71.65bcl
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