Counting guns: What social science historians know and could learn about gun ownership, gun culture, and gun violence in the United States

Social Science History

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 699-708

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EID: 0040669521     PISSN: 01455532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/01455532-26-4-699     Document Type: Review

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