Designed to kill : gun control and the Dunblane and Columbine massacres
| Title: | Designed to kill : gun control and the Dunblane and Columbine massacres |
| Author: | Martin, Gwendolyn M. |
| Advisor: | Waldman, Sidney |
| Department: | Haverford College. Dept. of Political Science |
| Type: | Thesis (B.A.) |
| Running Time: | 290510 bytes107783 bytes |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the effects of the Dunblane Primary School murders in the UK and the Columbine High School shootings in the US on national gun control laws. Despite numerous similarities between the cases, cultural and religious differences, previous gun laws, varying government structures and media treatment of each tragedy combined to create vastly different legal consequences. These cases underscore the importance of single events in creating change if proponents are sufficiently organized to mobilize public opinion. |
| Subject: | Gun control -- United States |
| Subject: | Gun control -- Great Britain |
| Subject: | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States |
| Subject: | Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain |
| Subject: | Columbine High School (Littleton, Colo.) |
| Subject: | Dunblane Massacre, Dunblane, Scotland, 1996 |
| Terms of Use: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ |
| Permanent URL: | http://hdl.handle.net/10066/730 |
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| 2003_Martin_release.pdf | ** Archive Staff Only ** | 72.24Kb | application/pdf | |
| 2003MartinG.pdf | Complete Thesis (Haverford users only) | 290.5Kb | application/pdf | |
| 2003MartinG(Abridged).pdf | 1.311Mb | application/pdf | ||
Citation
"Designed to kill : gun control and the Dunblane and Columbine massacres".
2003. Available electronically from
http://hdl.handle.net/10066/730.