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The Gunning of America
The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture | Pamela Haag
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An acclaimed historian explodes the myth about the “special relationship” between Americans and their guns, revealing that savvy 19th century businessmen—not gun lovers—created American gun culture
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There is a mythology in the US that we have a gun culture because we always have and it‘s part of our heritage. In focusing purely on the history of the gun business (not on politics), Haag shows how that actually isn‘t the case. Rather, the gun culture was built by the capitalistic drive by these companies to sell their product.

shanaqui Sounds like an interesting one -- thanks for reviewing how you got on with it! 2y
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This is referring to the old west, cowboy era. It‘s interesting to really look at history to discern how much is fact and how much is mythology.

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Oh! I just heard about this book last night; and I think that for anyone asking how it is we got here (here being the U.S. of N.R.A.) this will be a Must Read!

Jen_Forbus There's another great book coming out called THE WAY OF THE GUN. I highly recommend it. 9y
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