Gun Violence in America: A Cultural History
Historical Blindness
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What Makes American Gun Culture Different?
The connection between americans and guns stretches back a long time before the n r a was ever formed, in 18 71 as a marksmanship club. Some have suggested that gun culture originated in the wild west, when it was thought that every man must go about armed. In fact, an opposing argument could be made that the wild west was actually the origin place of American gun control laws. And these blanket ordinances resulted in very low crime rates in such notorious towns as deadwood, dodge city and tombstone. Others might see the origin of America's gun culture being related to the carrying of pistols by gentlemen,. replacing the rapier around 17 50 - but this fashion originated in europe rather than
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