267–283). Europeans sold and gifted arms to Native American powers, and used them as currency. The Second Amendment was written in 1791 when guns were understood and used in these ways. Today guns fit differently in American culture: American civilians do own military-style firearms and use ...
Guns also connote complex tensions, stereotypes, and anxieties about race. NRA rhetoric posits guns as protections against, in the words of CEO Wayne LaPierre, “bad guys,” thugs, “terrorists and home invaders and drug cartels, and car-jackers” (Cox,2014; Beauchamp,2017). Similar language ...
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Thus, the frequency of defensive gun use (DGU) is an important part of the American gun control debate. At least 21 national surveys have asked large probability samples of the U.S. adult population whether they had used guns defensively, including 17 privately sponsored surveys before 2000, ...
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People use methods of suicide with which they are familiar, that are available, and that “make sense” to them as a person. This is called “ego-syntonic means selection.” Police officers use guns, medical people prefer drugs, and pilots choose airplanes. Not always of course, but with...
Animation allows movies to do things that aren't humanely possible, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse takes great use of that for some truly incredible action sequences, including one where hundreds of Spider-Men are chasing on main hero, Miles Morales. All due respect to the Tobey Ma...
A chapter examines data limitations that hamper an accurate understanding of police use of deadly force. These include divergent definitions across jurisdictions, the lack of contextual information about police departments and their communities, and incomplete data. The authors call for a National Deadly...
(5 分) 1. There are some (火柴) in the small box. 2. My a can’ t go off. It doesn’ t work. 3. I can’ t read while you are standing in my (光) . 4. The news r that a heavy rainstorm was in the area. 5. S ,the police broke into the room with guns in their ...
the guy at the gun shop told her it was the best gun for her. This is why you must always do the research on your carry gun. Remember, one gun will not always be sufficient when it comes to carrying daily. Different occasions may call for different guns and carry options. Get some ...