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Shots in the dark : the policy, politics, and symbolism of gun control
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- Creator
- William J. Vizzard
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2000]
- ©2000
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 257 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780847695591, 084769559X, 9780847695607, 0847695603
- OCLC
- ocm43811241
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.
- 1. Framing the Issue -- 2. Crime, Culture, and Markets -- 3. Control Strategies and the Law -- 4. Interest Groups and Public Attitudes -- 5. The Evolving Politics of Gun Control -- 6. Early History -- 7. The Gun Control Act of 1968 -- 8. A Bureaucracy Unprepared -- 9. Reaction -- 10. Brady and Beyond -- 11. What Could Be Done and Why It Won't Be -- 12. Gun Control and the Policy Process -- Afterword: Background and Literature