Guns down : how to defeat the NRA and build a safer future with fewer guns /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The New Press,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; PREFACE: SHOOTING GUNS IN THE DESERT CAN SURPRISE YOU; INTRODUCTION: WHY YOUSHOULD GIVE UP YOUR GUNS; It's Far Too Easy to Buy a Gun; Guns Kill Young People; Guns Kill People of Color; Guns Kill Women and Children; We Are Killing Ourselves with Guns; How I Became a Fewer-Guns Activist; The Founding Fathers Wanted a Country with Fewer Guns; The NRA: Birth of a Lobby; How the NRA Weaponized the Second Amendment; Why the NRA Is Successful; How the NRA Channels Hatred into Political Success; We Know How to Reduce Gun Violence; The New Second Amendment Compact
- We Must Not Overcriminalize Gun OwnersEnd Gun Manufacturer Immunity; Increase Oversight and Regulation of Gun Manufacturers; Regulate All Gun Dealers; Reduce the Number of Guns in the United States; A License to Kill; Insure Your Piece; End Armed Intimidation; Unleash the Power of Science to Save Lives; Reducing Gun Violence in Chicago; How to Eliminate Mass Shootings; The Solutions in the Compact Have Worked in the Rest of the World; Gun Owners Support a World with Fewer Guns; How You Can Build a Futurewith Fewer Guns; Learning from the Fight for Marriage Equality
- A Strategy for Building a World with Fewer GunsWe Will Win; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; APPENDIX: HOW TO TALK TO GUN PEOPLE AND WIN; NOTES; INDEX