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In Chapters 3 & 4, Dominic Erdozain traces the roots of the gun culture in the United States to slave owners who felt they needed guns along with their whips to keep their slaves in order and productive. Erdozain points out that slavery is negation of the idea of government through consent of the governed.
After the Civil War, gun culture was further advanced by 3 men: Teddy Roosevelt, Jackson Turner and Owen Wister.
— Apr 24, 2024 08:26PM
After the Civil War, gun culture was further advanced by 3 men: Teddy Roosevelt, Jackson Turner and Owen Wister.
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In chapters 5 & 6, Erdozain traces the rise of the NRA as a lobbying forces that has blocked all meaningful gun control legislation in Congress. The NRA has managed to frame the debate for gun control as an attempt to punish law-abiding citizen from having the means for self-protection from thugs and criminals usually depicted as people of color or foreign.
— Apr 25, 2024 07:35PM
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So far Erdozain has pointed out that the problem is not with "bad guys with a gun", but with good guys who feel a gun is a means to settle perceived wrongs. One statistic has really stood out of me so far is a study in the 1980s "398 gun-related deaths in King County, Washington, only two were justifiable killings of intruders. The other killings were done by "law abiding citizens...."
— Apr 09, 2024 08:48PM
