More than ever, cultural and political divisions over firearms seem to be tearing the United States apart. Firearms are very present in America, and contradictory at the same time, as many people own them and they raise widespread controversy. This book offers something special: it encourages deep understanding, rather than hostility, to understand the complex reality of firearms in America. He challenges gun skeptics, entertains gun enthusiasts, and enriches non-gun enthusiasts by taking readers on an amazing journey.Inside gun culture.
David Yeaman, a liberal from the San Francisco Bay Area, became a firearm owner at the age of forty-two and embarked on a twelve-year in-depth study of gun culture in America. Yaman combines his personal experiences with social observations to explain the importance of guns to those who own them, highlighting gun ownership for self-defense, the risks of negative outcomes associated with firearms, and what responsible gun ownership looks like in the 21st century.This book brings relief to America's heated debates about firearms and provides a model for much-needed civic dialogue.
