A scholar who became a gun owner later in life found there is more to firearms than criminal violence, injury and death, and more to gun culture than democracy-destroying right-wing politics.
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Under his watch, congressional action toward gun control ground to a near halt that lasted for many years.
In this course, a gun range becomes a classroom for students to explore their previously held beliefs about firearms.
A scholar of gun culture looks at the roots of Americans’ love affair with firearms – and their willingness to accept gun violence as a price of freedom.
Research shows that school shootings can lead to years of health, educational and economic detriment for students who survive the attack.
To the famous composer, the gun serves not as a tool of self-defense, but as an instrument of self-expression and self-realization.
The relationship between guns and masculinity was once sanctioned by governments and businesses, making it entrenched and difficult to challenge.
There is a long line of well-armed American preachers – both real and fictional – in US history and culture, confirming perhaps the view that true justice cannot be enforced by institutions alone.
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