Bøger af Michael R. Weisser

A startling look at an event which spawned an unprecedented level of public concern, emotion and circulation of conspiracy theories, along with a new explanation for how the government responded to the Sandy Hook massacre.

Marty Kessler is a prototypical second-generation Jewish boychick who finds himself always trying to do the 'right thing.' Follow Marty from college to graduate school, then to a brief academic career and then to a willing but totally unknowing partnership with Victor Sadof, a fictional version of Bernard Madoff. Marty survives the scandal and ends up still wondering who he really is and what he really wants.

Mike Weisser continues his study of the unique position that guns occupy in American society with a look at the recent shift towards self-defense and concealed-carry of handguns. He shows how gun ownership is becoming an increasing political and cultural statement and how the notion of armed citizens fits into recent legal decisions.

This contains contains 9 scholarly articles about guns, complete with footnotes and explanatory graphics. Each article is based on primary research consisting of data either published by law-enforcement and medical organizations, or national surveys conducted by the author.Michael R. Weisser holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University and has taught at CCNY, University of California, University of South Carolina and Columbia University. He has published academic monographs with the University of Chicago Press and Basic Books. The studies in this book cover important issues in the gun debate, including how we measure gun violence, the validity of published data used by researchers in the field and whether our understanding of gun violence aligns with the data that is used to support current research. The book gives readers an opportunity to understand the major issues in this field, as well as how different scholars discuss both their research and the research of others.

A lively and provocative book which tells how and why there is a debate about guns in the United States seen through the perspective of someone who has been in the gun business his entire life. As a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler and retailer of firearms, the author has seen every aspect of the gun world and shares both his personal experiences as well as evidence-based research to show what both sides know and don't know about guns.