Table of Contents

Abbreviations Figures Introduction Chapter 1: "Every man has a right to the possession of his musket": Regulating Firearms before Confederation Chapter 2: "The government must disarm all the Indians": Controlling Firearms from Confederation to the Late Nineteenth Century Chapter 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 Chapter 4: "Hysterical legislation": Suppressing Gun Ownership from the First to the Second World Wars Chapter 5: Angry White Men: Resistance to Gun Control in Canada, 1946-1980 Chapter 6: Flexing the Liberal State's Muscles: The Montreal Massacre and the 1995 Firearms Act, 1980-2006 Conclusion

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'I hugely enjoyed reading Arming and Disarming, a terrific book on a fascinating topic. R. Blake Brown imparts many fresh insights and provides important new evidence for big disputes about the rise of the regulatory state, the rights of the citizen, modern masculinity, and much else.' -- Elsbeth Heaman, Department of History and Classical Studies, McGill University

About the Author

R. Blake Brown is an associate professor in the Department of History at Saint Mary's University.

Reviews

'Brown's admirable book is an exceptionally vast, sweeping, detailed, and authoritative account of Canada's gun experience.' -- Robert J. Spitzer Law and History Review, November 2013 'R. Blake Brown has produced a sweeping, thorough, insightful, and well-researched account of gun control in Canada... This book should prove useful and provocative for students and scholars of Canadian and comparative law, society, and politics.' -- William G. Merkel American Historical Review June 2014 'Arming and Disarming is full of fascinating and well-placed quotations from key historical figures concerning their views on gun issues... This book stands out as an important and pioneering work in the history of gun control on Canada.' -- James Floros Canadian Historical Review vol 94: 03:0213 'Blake Brown's Arming and Disarming is a truly fine piece of scholarship, six full years in the making.' -- Paull W. Bennett Chronicle Herald, January16, 2013