{"product_id":"how-america-got-its-guns-a-history-of-the-gun-violence-crisis-9780826358134","title":"How America Got Its Guns: A History of the Gun Violence Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the United States more than thirty thousand deaths each year can be attributed to firearms. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author's thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in this country can be reduced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBriggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Among them are gays and lesbians, women, competitive trapshooters, people in the gun-rights and gun-control trenches, the NRA's first female president, and the most successful gunsmith in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBalanced and painstakingly unbiased, Briggs's account provides the background needed to follow gun politics in America and to understand the gun culture in which we are likely to live for the foreseeable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Briggs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of New Mexico Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826358134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBriggs, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Briggs\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of Colorado at Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40414679400563,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":28.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_c616ffe6-51ef-4f6a-9faa-fdcd3e01519e.jpg?v=1662214244","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/how-america-got-its-guns-a-history-of-the-gun-violence-crisis-9780826358134","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}