The hidden history of guns and the Second Amendment /

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Author / Creator:	Hartmann, Thom, 1951- author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oakland, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, ©2019.
Description:	xiv, 172 pages ; 18 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The hidden history series Hidden history series.
Subject:	United States. -- Constitution. -- 2nd Amendment -- History. National Rifle Association of America. National Rifle Association of America. Constitution (United States) Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States -- History. Gun control -- United States -- History. Firearms -- Law and legislation. Gun control. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11888228

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ISBN:	9781523085996 1523085991
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-159) and index.
Summary:	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" 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"--

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Preface
Introduction: The Social Cost of Guns
1. The Unholy Alliance of Racism, Genocide, and Guns
2. The Sanitized History of America
3. The Roots of American Gun Culture in the "Discovery" of America
4. From Columbus to Jamestown
5. From Genocide to Slavery
6. Early Hints toward the Second Amendment
7. Gun Culture's Ebb and Flow
8. How Slavery Laid the Foundation of the Second Amendment
9. Gun Culture Enshrined: The Second Amendment
10. A Constitutional Rorschach Ploy: Limits on Slavery?
11. How Europe's History of Mercenaries and Military Coups Shaped the Second Amendment
12. How Fears of Abolition Shaped the Second Amendment
13. The Myth of the Well-Armed Cowboy
14. The Gunshot That Ended Reconstruction
15. The Failure of Reconstruction and the Rise of the Klan
16. Racists Turn Open Carry into the New White Hood
17. Copwatching and Its Connection to Gun Control
18. One Sunny August Day in Texas
19. 1966: A Turning Point in America's Gun Culture
20. Guns, Militarism, and the War on Drugs
21. Heller: Reinterpreting the Second Amendment
22. Political Corruption Underwrites America's Gun-Control Nightmare
23. Gun-Control Activists Are Confronting Only the Tip of the Iceberg
24. Neoliberalism Drives Inequality; Inequality Drives Mass Murder
25. Weapons of War on Americas Streets
26. Semiautomatic Weapons
27. What America Learned from Cars-and How to Apply It to Guns
28. Gun Manufacturing in the 21st Century: 3-D Printing
29. Well-Regulated Smart Guns Are Here
30. Addressing Racism to Reduce Gun Violence
31. Learning from Other Nations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author

The hidden history of guns and the Second Amendment /

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