Bøger af Tom Diaz

The gun industry is the last unregulated manufacturer of a consumer product in America. This book argues that the rise in gun violence is due to increased lethality. It shows how, since the 1970s, the gun industry has fought declining profits by increasing the killing power of its weapons.

Newtown, Connecticut. Aurora, Colorado. Both have entered our collective memory as sites of unimaginable heartbreak and mass slaughter perpetrated by lone gunmen. Meanwhile, cities such as Chicago and Washington, D.C., are dealing with the painful, everyday reality of record rates of gun-related deaths. By any account, gun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions. A widely respected activist and policy analyst--as well as a former gun enthusiast and an ex-member of the National Rifle Association--Tom Diaz presents a chilling, up-to-date survey of the changed landscape of gun manufacturing and marketing. "The Last Gun" explores how the gun industry and the nature of gun violence have changed, including the disturbing rise in military-grade gun models. But Diaz also argues that the once formidable gun lobby has become a "paper tiger," marshaling a range of evidence and case studies to make the case that now is the time for a renewed political effort to attack gun violence at its source--the guns themselves. In the aftermath of Newtown, a challenging national conversation lies ahead. "The Last Gun" is an indispensable guide to this debate, and essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we can finally rid America's streets, schools, and homes of gun violence and prevent future Newtowns.

The arc of Tragedy in Aurora is the story of Jessica (Jessi) Ghawi, who was murdered in a public mass shooting at a theater in Aurora, Colorado in 2012. Along that arc the book argues that America is at a crossroads of cultural definition. It examines America's culture war over gun control.

This book analyzes the everyday actions of ordinary people in the context of extreme political and cultural polarization, distort the criminal justice system and betray the lofty ideals expressed in American founding documents and centuries of Anglo-American articulations of basic human rights.

Newtown, Connecticut. Aurora, Colorado. Both have entered our collective memory as sites of unimaginable heartbreak and mass slaughter perpetrated by lone gunmen. Meanwhile, cities such as Chicago and Washington, D.C., are dealing with the painful, everyday reality of record rates of gun-related deaths. By any account, gun violence in the United States has reached epidemic proportions.A widely respected activist and policy analystas well as a former gun enthusiast and an ex-member of the National Rifle AssociationTom Diaz presents a chilling, up-to-date survey of the changed landscape of gun manufacturing and marketing. The Last Gun explores how the gun industry and the nature of gun violence have changed, including the disturbing rise in military-grade gun models. But Diaz also argues that the once formidable gun lobby has become a "e;paper tiger,"e; marshaling a range of evidence and case studies to make the case that now is the time for a renewed political effort to attack gun violence at its sourcethe guns themselves.In the aftermath of Newtown, a challenging national conversation lies ahead. The Last Gun is an indispensable guide to this debate, and essential reading for anyone who wants to understand how we can finally rid Americas streets, schools, and homes of gun violence and prevent future Newtowns.