Digitized at Georgetown University Law Library

ix, 517 pages : 26 cm

A nation of cowards -- Self-defense : a primary civil right -- The Second Amendment : America's first freedom) -- Anti-gun (Statement of Sarah Brady -- Violence in America : a public health emergency -- Firearms and assault : "Guns don't kill people, people kill people"--Loaded guns in the home : analysis of a national random survey of gun owners -- Political snipers : how the NRA exploited loopholes and waged a stealth campaign against the Democrats) -- Self-transformation in combat and the pleasures of killing -- Violence and honor in the Southern United States -- The great Bambi war : Tocquevillians versus Keynesians in an upstate New York county -- The crisis of public order -- Crime and community -- The incidence of defensive firearm use by U.S. crime victims, 1987 through 1990 -- Does allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns save lives?

Should you own a gun? -- Americans losing trust in each other and institutions -- Arms and the woman : a feminist reappraisal -- Guns are the tools by which we forge our liberty -- Gun control in American : a history of discimination against the poor and minorities -- Talk at Temple Beth Shir Shalom : Friday, April 30, 1993 -- Apocalypse now? -- They've had enough -- Author's call to arms gets answer -- The anti-enviro connection -- America's only realistic option : promoting responsible gun ownership -- What are the alternative? -- Lawsuit aims at gun industry -- Crime fighting's about-face -- Second thoughts on the Second Amendment -- Ten essential observations on guns in America

Includes bibliographical references and index

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