Loaded a disarming history of the Second Amendment
"America loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James, to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has colored the lore, shaped the law, and protected the market that arms the nation. In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the myths of gun culture to expose the true historical origins of the S...
| Main Author: | Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco :
City Lights Books,
[2018]
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| Series: |
Open Media book.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Gun love
- Historical context of the Second Amendment
- Savage war
- Slave patrols
- Confederate guerrillas to outlaw icons
- Myth of the hunter
- The Second Amendment as a covenant
- Mass shootings
- White nationalists, the Militia movement, and Tea Party patriots
- Eluding and resisting the historical white supremacy of the Second Amendment
- Conclusion: History is not past.