Understanding America&#039;s Gun Culture

Lisa Fisher; Craig Hovey

doi:10.5771/9781793625144

Summary

Understanding America's Gun Culture focuses on building understanding of some of the issues associated with U.S. gun culture and the contemporary debate about the availability and use of guns. This edited volume is unique in that it draws on a wide variety of disciplines and presents perspectives on both sides of the debate. Contributors hail from the academic disciplines of history, social work, criminal justice, sociology, religion, and theological ethics as well as policy agencies. Some chapters examine the issues social-psychologically to help readers better understand dynamics within the debate. Others pose important ethical and philosophical questions about gun culture. Still others address practical policy solutions for enhancing gun safety and minimizing gun violence, even bringing in international perspectives. This second edition includes literature published in the last two years and two new chapters, one focusing on gender within gun culture and another that features a conversation between the editors and an ethnographic researcher with broad expertise in gun culture and research and policy trends. Together, the chapters create a thought-provoking compilation that offers insightful findings, considers theoretical and practical implications, and invites further exploration of the topic.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-2513-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-2514-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 198
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. References No access
1. Background No access
2. Theoretical Framework No access
3. Method No access
4. Findings No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. The “Theo-ethics” of the Gun No access
2. How “America” Shapes a “Theo-ethics of the Gun” No access
3. Theo-Ethics of Friendship No access
4. Incommensurable Visions: Caritas and the Politics of Strangers/Authentic America No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. References No access
1. Social Action and Reaction No access
2. Human Rights, Violence, and Nonviolence No access
3. Gun-Culture-Inspired Events No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Research Questions No access
2. Literature Review No access
3. Gender Differences in Gun Culture No access
4. Methods No access
5. Results No access
6. References No access
1. Hegemonic Masculinity in Gun Culture No access
2. Gender in Advertising No access
3. Hypotheses No access
4. Data and Methods No access
5. Results No access
6. Discussion and Conclusion No access
7. Notes No access
8. References No access
1. A Brief History of the Gun Industry and Gun Law in the U.S. No access
2. A Defense of the Christian Gun Rights Position No access
3. A Defense of the Christian Gun Control Position No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Introduction No access
2. Review of the Literature No access
3. Theoretical Perspective No access
4. Methodology No access
5. Study Limitations No access
6. Results No access
7. Discussion No access
8. Conclusion No access
9. References No access
1. Reference No access
1. The Missing Insurrectionist Gun Owners No access
2. Guns Are Normal, Normal People Use Guns No access
3. Understanding Gun Culture 2.0 No access
4. Misunderstanding Gun Culture in Relation to Criminal Violence No access
5. A Concluding Personal Reflection: Getting Beyond the Partial and Partisan No access
6. References No access
Index No access Pages 193 - 194
About the Contributors No access Pages 195 - 198