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American shooter : a personal history of gun culture in the United States / Gerry Souter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (xvi, 275 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781597978729
  • 1597978728
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: American shooter.DDC classification:
  • 683.400973 23
LOC classification:
  • HV8059 .S63 2012eb
Online resources:
Contents:
A new culture shaped by old fears -- Heading west: prophets of individualism -- It's a small bore world after all -- "A simply operated machine gun" -- A hunting we did go -- World war II: the game changer -- Gathering the reins in a runaway world -- The me generation under fire -- Put the gloves on the bosses and let 'em duke it out.
Summary: Provides a history of firearm ownership in the United States, from the use of muskets by early settlers at Jamestown to the purchase of guns today, and offers the author's take on gun culture through personal anecdotes.
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A new culture shaped by old fears -- Heading west: prophets of individualism -- It's a small bore world after all -- "A simply operated machine gun" -- A hunting we did go -- World war II: the game changer -- Gathering the reins in a runaway world -- The me generation under fire -- Put the gloves on the bosses and let 'em duke it out.

Provides a history of firearm ownership in the United States, from the use of muskets by early settlers at Jamestown to the purchase of guns today, and offers the author's take on gun culture through personal anecdotes.

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