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N2  - The American gun control debate is best understood as a battle in a war over the influence of individualism on American culture, politics, and policy. This book demonstrates that the gun debate is fundamentally about values. Specifically, it is about what we value most: private rights, or the public good. This helps explain why the technical, empirical, or legalistic arguments we hear arent persuasive. A review of scholarly literature on both the politics of gun control and American political culture finds an American bias toward an individualism that embraces personal rights. We argue that this bias stacks the deck against gun control. Interviews we conducted with activists show that support for, or opposition to, gun control is linked to concern for the public, or private, good. Finally, we trace the federal gun control debate in Washington from the 1960s to 2010s to show the ebbs and flows of individualisms influence. Dylan S. McLean, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of West Georgia. Anthony K. Fleming, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of West Georgia.
DO  - 10.1007/978-3-031-37174-5
DO  - doi
AB  - The American gun control debate is best understood as a battle in a war over the influence of individualism on American culture, politics, and policy. This book demonstrates that the gun debate is fundamentally about values. Specifically, it is about what we value most: private rights, or the public good. This helps explain why the technical, empirical, or legalistic arguments we hear arent persuasive. A review of scholarly literature on both the politics of gun control and American political culture finds an American bias toward an individualism that embraces personal rights. We argue that this bias stacks the deck against gun control. Interviews we conducted with activists show that support for, or opposition to, gun control is linked to concern for the public, or private, good. Finally, we trace the federal gun control debate in Washington from the 1960s to 2010s to show the ebbs and flows of individualisms influence. Dylan S. McLean, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of West Georgia. Anthony K. Fleming, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of West Georgia.
T1  - Guns and values :individualism in the American gun debate /
AU  - McLean, Dylan S.,
AU  - Fleming, Anthony K.,
CN  - HV7436
ID  - 1471998
KW  - Gun control
KW  - Firearms
KW  - Firearms
SN  - 9783031371745
SN  - 3031371747
TI  - Guns and values :individualism in the American gun debate /
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