In 1988, a 16-year-old student spread death and terror at his suburban Virginia school with a Cobray M-11/9 handgun--advertised as "the gun that made the '80s roar". Veteran reporter Erik Larson follows the history of this gun and exposes the lax regulations and competing interests that perpetuate America's gun crisis.
Language
English
Pages
272
Format
Hardcover
Release
January 01, 1994
ISBN 13
9780517596777
Lethal Passage: How the Travels of a Single Handgun Expose the Roots of America's Gun Crisis
In 1988, a 16-year-old student spread death and terror at his suburban Virginia school with a Cobray M-11/9 handgun--advertised as "the gun that made the '80s roar". Veteran reporter Erik Larson follows the history of this gun and exposes the lax regulations and competing interests that perpetuate America's gun crisis.