Why It's OK to Own a Gun

Why It's OK: The Ethics and Aesthetics of How We Live

by Ryan W. Davis

Why It’s OK to Own a Gun explores the right to self-defense, but also looks beyond it to what gun ownership fundamentally means in American life. Guns can provide a source of meaning that doesn’t depend on how much money you have or how important your job is. Guns can offer a sense of shared identity that’s not hung up on intellectual credentials or ideological orthodoxy. For many responsible gun owners, owning a gun is a way of positively reclaiming one’s own agency in the world.
It’s true that guns matter to only a minority of Americans, but the same could be said for many important political liberties. Like freedom of religion and freedom of expression, guns should be on the list of basic rights. In fact, they as some in America’s founding generation anticipated, gun rights have offered a bulwark for republican freedom. Because there is nothing morally wrong with any of these values, owning a gun is OK.
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Genres: Philosophy

219 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 29, 2023

Reviews

[Breanne Lindner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book goes through every possible angle one could think of pertaining to gun ownership. I think I went into reading it with certain opinions and came out with a better understanding of all perspectives. Excellent read.