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The Resource Citizen-protectors : the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline, Jennifer Carlson

Citizen-protectors : the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline, Jennifer Carlson

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Summary
  • "From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a steady surge in pro-gun sentiment among Americans. A Gallup poll conducted just a month after the Newtown school shootings found that 74% of Americans oppose a ban on hand-guns, and at least 11 million people now have licenses to carry concealed weapons as part of their everyday lives. Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them? In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson offers a compelling portrait of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Delving headlong into the world of gun carriers, Carlson spent time participating in firearms training classes, attending pro-gun events, and carrying a firearm herself. Through these experiences she explores the role guns play in the lives of Americans who carry them and shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that not only pervades the NRA's public literature and statements, but its training courses as well. A much-needed counterpoint to the rhetorical battles over gun control, Citizen-Protectors is a captivating and revealing look at gun culture in America, and is a must-read for anyone with a stake in this heated debate"--
  • "In this in-depth and systematic look at gun carriers, Jennifer Carlson draws on her fieldwork attending guns shows and training courses, becoming an NRA certified instructor, and carrying a firearm to unpack the everyday politics of guns. Carlson argues that guns are taken up to address practical problems of policing and protection-in effect to manage social insecurities and suspicions surrounding state disinvestment and the efficacy of state institutions, especially law enforcement. In this context, guns carrying becomes a means of practicing good citizenship by producing social order amidst disorder. This understanding helps to clarify why Americans cling to their guns as both practical and symbolically charged tools of policing and protection, but it also sheds light on the NRA's hidden power as the primary organization that certifies Americans to carry guns. Rather than focus simply on how to handle a firearm responsibly, these training courses primarily cultivate the disposition, capacity, and desire to use guns in self-defense as well as teach the idea that carrying guns is a part of responsible citizenship"--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Contents
  • American Dreams, American Nightmares
  • Criminal Insecurities
  • NRA Training and the Everyday Politics of Gun Carry
  • The Right to Self-Defense, the Duty to Protect
  • Policing Guns, Profiling People
  • Jumping the Gun
  • Conclusion: We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise from the Ashes
Isbn
9780199347551
Instance
Label
Citizen-protectors : the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline
Title
Citizen-protectors
Title remainder
the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline
Statement of responsibility
Jennifer Carlson
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • "From gang- and drug-related shootings to mass shootings in schools, shopping centers, and movie theatres, reports of gun crimes fill the headlines of newspapers and nightly news programs. At the same time, a different kind of headline has captured public attention: a steady surge in pro-gun sentiment among Americans. A Gallup poll conducted just a month after the Newtown school shootings found that 74% of Americans oppose a ban on hand-guns, and at least 11 million people now have licenses to carry concealed weapons as part of their everyday lives. Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them? In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson offers a compelling portrait of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Delving headlong into the world of gun carriers, Carlson spent time participating in firearms training classes, attending pro-gun events, and carrying a firearm herself. Through these experiences she explores the role guns play in the lives of Americans who carry them and shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that not only pervades the NRA's public literature and statements, but its training courses as well. A much-needed counterpoint to the rhetorical battles over gun control, Citizen-Protectors is a captivating and revealing look at gun culture in America, and is a must-read for anyone with a stake in this heated debate"--
  • "In this in-depth and systematic look at gun carriers, Jennifer Carlson draws on her fieldwork attending guns shows and training courses, becoming an NRA certified instructor, and carrying a firearm to unpack the everyday politics of guns. Carlson argues that guns are taken up to address practical problems of policing and protection-in effect to manage social insecurities and suspicions surrounding state disinvestment and the efficacy of state institutions, especially law enforcement. In this context, guns carrying becomes a means of practicing good citizenship by producing social order amidst disorder. This understanding helps to clarify why Americans cling to their guns as both practical and symbolically charged tools of policing and protection, but it also sheds light on the NRA's hidden power as the primary organization that certifies Americans to carry guns. Rather than focus simply on how to handle a firearm responsibly, these training courses primarily cultivate the disposition, capacity, and desire to use guns in self-defense as well as teach the idea that carrying guns is a part of responsible citizenship"--
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Carlson, Jennifer
Dewey number
363.330973
Index
index present
LC call number
HV8059
LC item number
.C37 2015
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
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  • Firearms ownership
  • Firearms
  • Firearms
  • National Rifle Association of America
  • Public opinion
  • Gun control
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • National Rifle Association of America
  • Firearms
  • Firearms
  • Firearms ownership
  • Gun control
  • Public opinion
  • United States
Label
Citizen-protectors : the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline, Jennifer Carlson
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
American Dreams, American Nightmares -- Criminal Insecurities -- NRA Training and the Everyday Politics of Gun Carry -- The Right to Self-Defense, the Duty to Protect -- Policing Guns, Profiling People -- Jumping the Gun -- Conclusion: We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise from the Ashes
Control code
ocn894139938
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Isbn
9780199347551
Lccn
2014031629
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
  • Dup for AC
  • Dup for AC
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780199347551
  • (OCoLC)894139938
Label
Citizen-protectors : the everyday politics of guns in an age of decline, Jennifer Carlson
Publication
Note
Source of cataloging data: WCP
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-216) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
American Dreams, American Nightmares -- Criminal Insecurities -- NRA Training and the Everyday Politics of Gun Carry -- The Right to Self-Defense, the Duty to Protect -- Policing Guns, Profiling People -- Jumping the Gun -- Conclusion: We Hope for Better Things; It Shall Rise from the Ashes
Control code
ocn894139938
Dimensions
26 cm
Extent
xii, 227 pages
Isbn
9780199347551
Lccn
2014031629
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Note
  • Dup for AC
  • Dup for AC
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9780199347551
  • (OCoLC)894139938

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