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03561aam a2200481 i 4500 001 38C0F2C67DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190524010021 008 181109t20192019nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018052117 020 $a 1620973197 020 $a 9781620973196 035 $a (OCoLC)1074278720 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d FM0 $d ILC $d ZVR $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV7436 $b .V65 2019 082 00 $a 363.330973 $2 23 100 1 $a Volsky, Igor, $d 1986- $e author. 245 10 $a Guns down : $b how to defeat the NRA and build a safer future with fewer guns / $c Igor Volsky. 264 1 $a New York : $b New Press, $c 2019. 300 $a xxv, 206 pages ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Preface: Shooting guns in the desert surprise you -- Introduction: Why you should give up your guns -- It's far too easy to buy a gun -- Guns kill young people -- Guns kill people of color -- Guns kill women and children -- We are killing ourselves with guns -- How I became a fewer-guns activist -- The Founding Fathers wanted a country with fewer guns -- The NRA: birth of a lobby -- How the NRA weaponized the Second Amendment -- Why the NRA is successful -- How the NRA channels hatred into political success -- We know how to reduce gun violence -- The new Second Amendment compact -- We must not overcriminalize gun owners -- End gun manufacturer immunity -- Increase oversight and regulation of gun manufacturers -- Regulate all gun dealers -- Reduce the number of guns in the United States -- A license to kill -- Insure your piece -- End armed intimidation -- Unleash the power of science to save lives -- Reducing gun violence in Chicago -- How to eliminate mass shootings -- The solutions in the compact have worked in the rest of the world -- Gun owners support a world with fewer guns -- How you can build a future with fewer guns -- Learning from the fight for marriage equality -- A strategy for building a world with fewer guns -- We will win -- Appendix: How to talk to gun people and win. 520 $a The United States has more mass shootings, gun suicides, and nonfatal gun injuries than any other industrialized country in the world. Volsky believes that in order to significantly and permanently reduce gun deaths the United States, we need a bold new approach: a drastic reduction of the 390 million guns already in circulation and a new movement dedicated to a future with fewer guns. He suggests bold reforms that have succeeded in reducing gun violence worldwide, and offers a road map for achieving transformative change to increase safety in our communities. 650 0 $a Gun control $z United States. 650 0 $a Firearms ownership $z United States. 650 0 $a Firearms and crime $z United States. 650 0 $a Public safety $z United States. 650 7 $a Firearms and crime. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925627 650 7 $a Firearms ownership $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925642 650 7 $a Gun control $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949382 650 7 $a Public safety. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01745346 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 651 4 $a United States 941 $a 5 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214014919.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200529015330.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20200318012221.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190726010250.0 952 $l GAAX314 $d 20190524010248.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=38C0F2C67DE911E984ED0E2C97128E48 994 $a Z0 $b HL6Initiate Another SILO Locator Search