The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment : How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics.

Intro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction: The Social Cost of Guns -- 1. The Unholy Alliance of Racism, Genocide, and Guns -- 2. The Sanitized History of America -- 3. The Roots of American Gun Culture in the "Discovery" of America -- 4. From Columbus to Jamestown -- 5. From Genocide to Slavery -- 6. Early Hints toward the Second Amendment -- 7. Gun Culture's Ebb and Flow -- 8. How Slavery Laid the Foundation of the Second Amendment -- 9. Gun Culture Enshrined: The Second Amendment -- 10. A Constitutional Rorschach Ploy: Limits on Slavery? -- 11. How Europe's History of Mercenaries and Military Coups Shaped the Second Amendment -- 12. How Fears of Abolition Shaped the Second Amendment -- 13. The Myth of the Well-Armed Cowboy -- 14. The Gunshot That Ended Reconstruction -- 15. The Failure of Reconstruction and the Rise of the Klan -- 16. Racists Turn Open Carry into the New White Hood -- 17. Copwatching and Its Connection to Gun Control -- 18. One Sunny August Day in Texas -- 19. 1966: A Turning Point in America's Gun Culture -- 20. Guns, Militarism, and the War on Drugs -- 21. Heller: Reinterpreting the Second Amendment -- 22. Political Corruption Underwrites America's Gun-Control Nightmare -- 23. Gun-Control Activists Are Confronting Only the Tip of the Iceberg -- 24. Neoliberalism Drives Inequality -- Inequality Drives Mass Murder -- 25. Weapons of War on America's Streets -- 26. Semiautomatic Weapons -- 27. What America Learned from Cars-and How to Apply It to Guns -- 28. Gun Manufacturing in the 21st Century: 3-D Printing -- 29. Well-Regulated Smart Guns Are Here -- 30. Addressing Racism to Reduce Gun Violence -- 31. Learning from Other Nations -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Author.

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