Citizen-Protectors - Carlson, Jennifer (Assistant Professor, School of Sociology and Scho
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Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them? In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson delves headlong into the world of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Carlson shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that pervades the NRA's public literature, statements, and its training courses.

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Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them? In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson delves headlong into the world of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Carlson shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that pervades the NRA's public literature, statements, and its training courses.
Autorenporträt
Jennifer Carlson is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. She is an authority on the issue of guns, and has written widely on the topic, including in the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Christian Science Monitor.