1 "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before Confederation -- 2 "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late-Nineteenth Century -- 3 "A rifle in the hands of every able-bodied man in the Dominion of Canada under proper auspices": Arming Britons and Disarming Immigrants from the Late Nineteenth Century to the Great War -- 4 "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World Wars -- 5 Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980 -- 6 Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006 -- Conclusion
Summary
Arming and Disarming provides a careful exploration of how social, economic, cultural, legal, and constitutional concerns shaped gun legislation and its implementation, as well as how these factors defined Canada's historical and contemporary 'gun culture.'
