Gun Control Policies, United States Law - General & Miscellaneous, Civil Rights - General & Miscellaneous

Changing Politics Of Gun Control

Name: Changing Politics Of Gun Control
Author: John M. Bruce
ISBN: 9780847686155

by John M. Bruce, Clyde Wilcox

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Overview

In recent years, political discourse about gun control and the Second Amendment has become increasingly volatile and this collection of original essays by top scholars illuminates the various reasons why. Gun lobbies such as the National Rifle Association are more organized and aggressive and their issue agenda has evolved as new and more powerful weapons and militia appear. On the other side of the debate, the critical wounding of James Brady gave gun control advocates a visible martyr with strong ties to Republican conservatives. In sum, gun control and the right to bear arms have become hotly disputed issues where political alignments are constantly shifting. The contributors chart these changes and explore how Congress, the courts, the President, and individual states are currently addressing the issue of gun control. This book, which includes profiles and examinations of relevant interest groups, the gun control coalition, recent Supreme Court decisions, and public opinion surveys, will be of great interest to classes in political science, American government, law, and sociology.

Synopsis

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Comprises 12 contributions which explore contemporary gun control issues. Topics include the ATF, gun control policies in California, the NRA and the grass roots, PACs and other gun control groups, and the electoral politics of gun ownership. Several of the essays include maps and tables that summarize statistics such as shooting deaths, ownership patterns, polls on gun control issues, and the relationship between gun ownership and party affiliation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

About the Author, John M. Bruce

John M. Bruce is assistant professor of political science and director of the Social Science Research Laboratory at the University of Mississippi. Clyde Wilcox is professor of government at Georgetown University, and the author of many books, including God at the Grass Roots: The Christian Right in the 1996 Elections (Rowman & Littlefield), Second Coming: The New Christian Right in Virginia Politics (Johns Hopkins), with Mark Rozell, and Serious Money: Fundraising and Contributing in Presidential Nomination Campaigns (Cambridge), with Clifford Brown, Jr. and Lynda Powell.

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Editorials

H-Pol, July 1999 - Gregg Lee Carter

Gun control is among the more difficult subjects to do research and write about in a dispassionate manner...To the editors' credit, the essays they have choosen are all heavily empirical and illuminate the changing politics of gun control in the United States.