| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 159 pages) : color illustrations |
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Front Cover ; Copyright; Contents; Cover Photos; PLATE SECTION ; Acknowledgements; About the Author; The Author of the Preface; Preface by Nick Ross; Introduction; No Guns, Just Gunfire Damage!; Some Examples of Gunfire-Graffiti; Crime Scene Investigation; A Welcome Academic Endorsement; A Straightforward Approach to the Subject; Guns in the UK; A Note on Statistics; Lawful Ownership; Firearms; Shotguns; Air-weapons; Obtaining a Certificate; Ex-convicts and Other Restrictions; A Note on High Velocity Weapons; Converted Weapons and Ammunition; Jacketed Rounds; A Short Historical Survey |
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The Highway and BeyondThe Police Officer's Guide to Shooters; Confused Perceptions; Where, Who, When And Why?; Where?; Who?; When?; Why?; And Why Certain Kinds of Signs?; Sceptics, Gun Ranges and Illegal Imports; Scepticism; Shooting Practice and Competition Ranges; Illegal Firearms; Stolen Weapons: A Personal Experience; Military Weapons, Souvenirs and Collectables; More About Gunfire-Graffiti Sites; Cleaning-up or Covering-up; "Just Kids with Catapults"; UK "Shoot Routes"; The Cat and Fiddle; The Absence of a UK Gun Culture; The Gun-Crime Jigsaw; Still the Shooting Goes On |
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Movie-Makers Know the ScoreShooting Party on the A30; What the Locals Think; And a Media Mix-up with Shooting Folk; Some Thoughts on High Profile Cases; Gun Control Network; Michael Ryan; Thomas Hamilton; Columbine High School, Colorado; Derrick Bird; A Trip to Cumbria; Tangles with the Press; When Things go Wrong; The Cranfield Report; Bores, Shotguns, Slugs and Balling; The Shilton Sign; Practical Experiments; Some Further Findings from the Report; A Related Note on Shotgun Slugs; Some Closing Thoughts; Index; Back cover |
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Includes index |
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Print version record |
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Firearms and crime -- Great Britain
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Firearms accidents -- Great Britain
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Signs and signboards -- Great Britain
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TRUE CRIME -- General.
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Firearms accidents
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Firearms and crime
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Signs and signboards
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Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781908162052 |
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1908162058 |
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1299611524 |
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9781299611528 |
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