Showdown in the Show-Me State : the fight over conceal-and-carry gun laws in Missouri / / William T. Horner.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Horner, William T., 1968-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xi, 309 p.

Table of Contents

• Changing the rules of regulating guns
• The gun lobby and round one, preemption
• 1992 : the conceal-and-carry fight begins
• 1993 to 1994 : conceal-and-carry returns
• Conceal-and-carry, 1995
• Conceal-and-carry, 1996 : back for another try
• Conceal-and-carry, 1997 to 1998 : setting the stage for Prop B
• The Campaign of 1999 : an introduction
• The Campaign of 1999 : the activists
• The Campaign of 1999 : interpreting statistics and the law
• The Campaign of 1999 : funding and advertising
• The Campaign of 1999 : a brawl
• The Campaign of 1999 : public opinion and the news media
• The Campaign of 1999 : election day
• More in 1999 : Missouri takes on liability lawsuits
• 2000 : the fight continues with elections of a different sort : Ashcroft vs. Carnahan and Bush vs. Gore
• 2001 : elections begin to make a difference
• 2002 : a Missouri republican revolution
• 2003 : victory for conceal-and-carry
• Conceal-and-carry veto fight
• Legal questions : conceal-and-carry gets its day(s) in court
• The supremes have their say and the issue is settled : sort of
• In the aftermath of the court's decision.