Arming and Disarming - A History of Gun Control in Canada

Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'

List of contents

Abbreviations FiguresIntroductionChapter 1: "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before ConfederationChapter 2: "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late-Nineteenth CenturyChapter 3: "A rifle in the hands of every able-bodied man in the Dominion of Canada under proper auspices": Arming Britons and Disarming Immigrants from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Great WarChapter 4: "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World WarsChapter 5: Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980Chapter 6: Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006Conclusion

About the author

R. Blake Brown is an associate professor in the Department of History at Saint Mary's University.

Summary

Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'

Product details

• Authors: R Blake Brown, R. Blake Brown, R. Blake Osgoode Society Brown, Osgoode Society, R. Blake Brown, The Osgoode Society
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2012
• EAN: 9781442646391
• ISBN: 978-1-4426-4639-1
• No. of pages: 376
• Series: Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History; Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research