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Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Newtown school shooting. Aurora theater shooting. Tucson supermarket shooting. Are visceral reactions to tragedies trumping the words of our forefathers? Should we allow fear and the growing concern over public safety to limit our civil liberties? Dead Patriot Films presents Assaulted: Civil Rights Under Fire, a documentary that brings audiences to the center of the controversy over the issue that is dividing our nation - gun control. Narrated by...
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Series
Publisher
Abdo & Daughters, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Readers learn about the #NeverAgain movement, from the history of the right to bear arms to later efforts at gun control, legislation such as the Brady handgun Violence Protection Act and the implementation of background checks, to the school shootings at Columbine, Sandy Hook and Parkland and the creation of #neveragain.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The United States is in many ways a model for the world, yet for one of the most fundamental of all human concerns, the imperative to keep ourselves and our loved ones free from harm, American ingenuity has failed. Unique in all of the developed world, America is bathed in violence. Our churches and schools, our movie theaters and dance clubs and music festivals are no longer safe places to congregate. Our politics is consumed by fear and intimations...
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of gun control and the right to bear arms, from the Second Amendment to the landmark 2008 court case that invalidated a ban on handguns in Washington, D.C., discussing the cultural divide between gun rights advocates and gun control lobbyists.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A radical case for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment as the only way to control gun violence in America There's an average of one mass shooting per day in the United States. Given the ineffectiveness of the gun control lobby, it's time for a strategy with spine. In Repeal the Second Amendment, Allan J. Lichtman has written the first book that uses history, legal theory and up-to-the-minute data to make a compelling case for the amendment's repeal in...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Andrew Pollack, whose daughter Meadow was murdered in the Parkland, Florida high school shooting, teamed up with education expert Max Eden to find out how the Parkland shooter slipped through the cracks. They argue that the policies pioneered in Broward plague American schools, and make school shootings more likely.
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Series
Publisher
Focus Readers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explores the history, events, and aftermath of the Parkland students' fight against gun violence. Features "Think about It" questions, two infographics, and two "In Their Own Words" special features"--
Publisher
Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Glimmer of Hope is the official, definitive book from The March for Our Lives founders. Glimmer of Hope tells the story of how a group of teenagers raced to channel their rage and sorrow into action, and went on to create one of the largest youth-led movements in global history. In keeping up with their ongoing fight to end gun-violence in all communities, the student leaders of March for Our Lives have decided not to be paid as authors of the book....
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