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Our Nation’s Culture Is Gun Culture
Submitted by:
Mark A. Taff
Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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So I started reading about guns and gun politics and why such a horrible thing was able to happen and why nothing legislative happened in its aftermath to ensure it would never happen again. I read a lot of nonfiction, including Gunfight by Adam Winkler, Gun Guys by Dan Baum. Ricochet: Confessions of a Gun Lobbyist by Richard Feldman. These books, among others, helped give me an idea of the environment and history and politics behind gun violence. |
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laker1
(9/10/2016)
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| So how does allowing governments the monopoly of lethal force work out for their citizens in the last 100 years including todays world? What is the body count of innocent citizen's? Where is the other half of the story? You know, the lives saved and violent crimes prevented by lethal force used by individual citizens. I have to say your partial cultural picture of the country is slanted and you thus are a Hillary supporter. |
| Comment by:
mickey
(9/10/2016)
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| I don't think "nonfiction" means what the author thinks it means, if he considers those works to be "nonfiction". |
| Comment by:
ExNuke
(9/10/2016)
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| For someone who decided to study gun culture he was careful not to learn anything. I guess it would have offended his delicate nature. |
| Comment by:
Uncommon1
(9/13/2016)
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| It's too bad he didn't leave a comment section. Someone with real knowledge may have been able to deliver some facts to the author. |
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