| Description |
225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Author's note : mom the sharp-shooter -- Introduction : when good citizenship is armed citizenship -- "That great law of nature" : the origins of a selective self-defense culture -- Defensive violence and the "true man" : the end of reconstruction -- "Mighty power in the hands of the citizen" : justice and true manhood in the western borderlands -- "Queer justice" and the sexual politics of lynching -- "An American tradition" : the paramilitary response to white supremacist terror and unequal protection -- "The stuff of pulp fiction" : unreasonable women, vigilante heroes, and the rise of the armed citizen -- Avoiding a "a fate worse than death" : how we learned to stand our ground -- Conclusion : legal blind spots and epistemic shifts : self-defense and exclusionary citizenship. |
| Summary |
In the aftermath of the 2012 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School, conservative legislators and school administrators shocked some observers when they proposed armed public school patrols to protect children. Yet this kind of DIY security activism predates the contemporary gun rights movement. As Caroline Light proves, support for good guys with guns relies on the entrenched belief that certain bad guys with guns threaten us all. |
| Subject(S) |
Self-defense (Law) -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Firearms -- Law and legislation -- Social aspects -- United States.
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African Americans -- Civil rights.
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| Added Title |
History of America's love affair with lethal self-defense |
| ISBN |
9780807064665 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0807064661 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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