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Gun baby gun : a bloody journey into the world of the gun / Iain Overton.

Title
Gun baby gun : a bloody journey into the world of the gun / Iain Overton.
Author
Overton, Iain
Publication
Edinburgh : Canongate, 2015.

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358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
An investigation of the gun's lifespan and our complex relationship with firearms and their undeniable impact.
Subject
  • Firearms
  • Firearms ownership
  • Gun control
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: The gun -- Pain -- (The dead -- The wounded -- The suicidal) -- Power -- (The killers -- The criminals -- The police -- The military) -- Pleasure -- (The civilians -- The hunters -- The Sex Pistols) -- Profit -- (The traders -- The smugglers -- The lobbyists -- The manufacturers -- The free).
ISBN
  • 9781782113423 (hbk.)
  • 1782113428 (hbk.)
  • 9781782113430 (export)
  • 1782113436 (export)
  • 9781782113447 (ePub ebook) (canceled/invalid)
OCLC
906930781
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library