The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment (eBook)

Thom Hartmann (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
192 Seiten
Berrett-Koehler Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5230-8601-6 (ISBN)

Infos

“In this precise primer on firearms practices and policies, progressive talk-show host Hartmann examines the history of routine gun usage and extreme gun violence and assesses the influence of gun ownership on contemporary political, economic, and social norms…A brief but powerful analysis of a searing national crisis.” —Booklist

Taking his typically in-depth, historically informed view, Thom 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” so debated in 1787), to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and recent school massacres.

Looking at the present, Hartmann documents how inequality in America and the number of people killed in mass shootings have grown together over the last fifty years. Finally, he identifies a handful of common-sense and powerful solutions that would address the issue at different levels: from getting money out of politics to get the National Rifle Association out of lobbying, to passing laws that would treat gun ownership like car ownership (title, license, insurance), to addressing the social despair and economic inequality that drive violent crime and mass shootings.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.10.2023
• Reihe/Serie: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
• Reihe/Serie: The Thom Hartmann Hidden History Series
• Verlagsort: Oakland
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 130 x 130 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: books for high school students • Books for History Buffs • books for politicians • Firearms • Gun Control • Gun Violence • gun violence, gun control, mass shootings, hidden history series, Thom Hartmann’s books, books for politicians, books for high school students, books for history buffs, second amendment, NRA, firearms, US history, mythbuster, white supremacy • hidden history series • mass shootings • mythbuster • NRA • Second Amendment • Thom Hartmann’s books • us history • white supremacy
• ISBN-10: 1-5230-8601-7 / 1523086017
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5230-8601-6 / 9781523086016