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Author DeBrabander, Firmin, author.

Title Do guns make us free? : democracy and the armed society / Firmin DeBrabander
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 274 pages)
Contents Preface : "This Time Is Different" -- Acknowledgments -- The Culture of Fear -- Guns, Government, and Autonomy -- The Face of Oppression -- Guns and the Threat to Democracy -- Power and Democracy
Summary Possibly the most emotionally charged debate taking place in the United States centers on the Second Amendment to the Constitution and the rights of citizens to bear arms. In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre in Connecticut, the gun rights movement, headed by the National Rifle Association, appeared more intractable than ever in its fight against gun control laws. The core argument of Second Amendment advocates is that the proliferation of firearms is essential to maintaining freedom in America, providing private citizens with a defense against possible government tyranny, and thus safeguarding all our other rights. But is this argument valid? Do guns indeed make us free? In this work, a philosophical examination of the aspects of the contentious and uniquely American debate over guns, the author examines the claims offered in favor of unchecked gun ownership. By exposing the contradictions and misinterpretations inherent in the case presented by gun rights supporters, this volume demonstrates that an armed society is not a free society but one that actively hinders democratic participation
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 4, 2015)
Subject Firearms and crime -- United States
Gun control -- United States
Firearms -- Law and legislation -- United States
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
Firearms and crime
Firearms -- Law and legislation
Gun control
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780300213652
0300213654
0300208936
9780300208931