Guns and values : individualism in the American gun debate

Guns and values : individualism in the American gun debate / Dylan S. McLean, Anthony K. Fleming.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McLean, Dylan S. (Author), Fleming, Anthony K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Subjects:
Gun control > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States.
Firearms > Social aspects > United States.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
Firearms > Social aspects.
Gun control.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • 1 Introducing the Gun Fight and Values
  • Values Motivate the Gun Fight
  • Plan of the Book
  • Our Aim, and the Limits of Our Scope
  • References
  • 2 Gun Battles and Cultural Warfare
  • Gun Control in the U.S.
  • Gun Policy Overview
  • Public Opinion on Gun Control
  • Political Parties & Gun Control
  • Race & Gun Control
  • Gun Control Interest Groups
  • Explaining the Politics of Gun Control in the U.S.
  • Second Amendment
  • Political Institutions
  • The Challenges of Social Regulation?
  • Culture
  • Political Culture as One Factor
  • Distinct American Political Culture Is Comparatively Central
  • Gun Control Debate as a Cultural Proxy War
  • Guns and Values
  • American Gun Culture & American Values
  • Gun Controllers: Searching for Cultural Resonance
  • Framing Their Debate
  • American Political Culture
  • Lockean Consensus?
  • Individualism(s)
  • Communitarian Challenge
  • Individualism: How It Influences Our Debates
  • Cultural Conclusion: Private Rights, Public Goods
  • Theory: Gun Battles, Cultural Warfare
  • References
  • 3 Activists at the Grass Roots of Gun Politics
  • The Activists
  • Gun Rights Activists and Guns
  • Gun Control Activists and Guns
  • Policy Advocacy
  • Fearing Lenient Gun Control and Defending New York's Restrictive Laws
  • Attacking New York's Restrictive Gun Control and Longing for the Policies of "Free States"
  • The Car Analogy: Driving with Freedom, Punishment, and the Common Good
  • Tools or Values? Gun Use Versus Meaning
  • Guns as Cherished Symbols of Core American Political Values
  • Guns: Objects to Regulate
  • Contrasting Worldviews
  • Rugged Individualists-Powerful Citizens and Weak Government
  • Members of Society
  • Cultural Warfare
  • The Consequences of Cultural Contrasts

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