Citizen-Protectors
The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline
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2018
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-090214-8 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-090214-8 (ISBN)
From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a steady surge in pro-gun sentiment among Americans. A Gallup poll conducted just a month after the Newtown school shootings found that 74% of Americans oppose a ban on hand-guns, and at least 11 million people now have licenses to carry concealed weapons as part of their everyday lives. Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them?
In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson offers a compelling portrait of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Delving headlong into the world of gun carriers, Carlson spent time participating in firearms training classes, attending pro-gun events, and carrying a firearm herself. Through these experiences she explores the role guns play in the lives of Americans who carry them and shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that not only pervades the NRA's public literature and statements, but its training courses as well.
A much-needed counterpoint to the rhetorical battles over gun control, Citizen-Protectors is a captivating and revealing look at gun culture in America, and is a must-read for anyone with a stake in this heated debate.
In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson offers a compelling portrait of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Delving headlong into the world of gun carriers, Carlson spent time participating in firearms training classes, attending pro-gun events, and carrying a firearm herself. Through these experiences she explores the role guns play in the lives of Americans who carry them and shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that not only pervades the NRA's public literature and statements, but its training courses as well.
A much-needed counterpoint to the rhetorical battles over gun control, Citizen-Protectors is a captivating and revealing look at gun culture in America, and is a must-read for anyone with a stake in this heated debate.
Jennifer Carlson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She is an authority on the issue of guns, and has written widely on the topic, including in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor.
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: American Dreams, American Nightmares
Chapter 2: Criminal Insecurities
Chapter 3: NRA Training and the Everyday Politics of Gun Carry
Chapter 4: The Right to Self-Defense, the Duty to Protect
Chapter 5: Policing Guns, Profiling People
Chapter 6: Jumping the Gun
Conclusion: We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise from the Ashes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.08.2018 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 157 x 231 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-090214-0 / 0190902140 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-090214-8 / 9780190902148 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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