Lethal Passage The Story of a Gun

One morning a 16-year-old boy named Nicholas Elliot walked into his Virginia high school with a Cobray M-11/9 in his backpack. That morning he killed one teacher & severely wounded another. This book traces the history of the Cobray from its design & manufacture to the illegal transaction that placed it in Elliot's hands -- thus providing a stunning expose that will reframe the debate surrounding America's gun crisis. By following Elliot's gun, Larson uncovered the lax reg's. & skewed interest that have perpetuated handgun violence, which has grown to account for 22,000 deaths & thousands of injuries every year. Questions the political & economic forces that allowed the Cobray -- originally designed as a battlefield weapon -- to be marketed to the public.Larsen, Erik is the author of 'Lethal Passage The Story of a Gun', published 2001 under ISBN 9780788195938 and ISBN 078819593X.