To understand U.S. gun fervor, read @jdawncarlson's excellent new ethnography of handgun enthusiasts in Michigan: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/citizen-protectors-9780199347551?cc=pt&lang=en& …
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Some gun lovers are anti-government libertarians. But for most, concealed carry is a civic duty–supplementing state power, not resisting it.
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@ChMadar yea it's that they don't trust the government to be racist and reactionary ENOUGH -
@YouSeemFine Yes! Also: men needing to play-act the role of "protector" even if threats are 99.9% imaginary. -
@ChMadar or the real threats of precarity displaced into imagined forms -
@YouSeemFine Yes--that's the biggest force of all I think.
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@ChMadar More Wyatt Earp than mall cop. Each one is *sure* he will emerge victorious ... and heroic.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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