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It's important to Americans because it's been sold to us as a fictitious part of a national identity. The gun industry has very successfully crafted this narrat
by Frondo 7y ago
It's important to Americans because it's been sold to us as a fictitious part of a national identity. The gun industry has very successfully crafted this narrative, to the point where so many people take it for granted now, but it wasn't always this way; this is a thing that developed in (depending on age) some of our lifetimes.
Here's a book that takes a closer look at how guns took on this sort of mythic role -- more special than other tools and appliances -- in American identity:
https://www.pamelahaag.com/books/gunning-of-america/ https://www.pamelahaag.com/books/gunning-of-america/
- Fjolsvith 7y agoFunny. I kinda thought it was the U.S. Constitution that sold us on guns.
- Frondo 7y agoNo, and until 2008's Heller vs DC decision, private gun ownership was not considered an established right. America's status as a gun-loving nation is a relatively modern invention, and entirely one devised by gun manufacturers. It's working, too (and with somewhat predictable results).
- Fjolsvith 7y ago> until 2008's Heller vs DC decision, private gun ownership was not considered an established right. Only in certain circles.