Andrew Whitehead (Clemson), Landon Schnabel (Indiana) and Samuel Perry (Oklahoma): Gun Control in the Crosshairs: Christian Nationalism and Opposition to Stricter Gun Laws. Gun rights are about keeping white men on top: It shouldn’t surprise us that mass shootings have increased as minorities and women strive for equality. The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world — so why does it want to arm individuals with guns? The American terror industry: How the NRA sells guns in America today. After Parkland shooting, NRA posts biggest fundraising haul in nearly 20 years. Heather Souvaine Horn reviews Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution by Priya Satia.
Eric Ruben (NYU) and Joseph Blocher (Duke): From Theory to Doctrine: An Empirical Analysis of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms after Heller. Do high rates of gun ownership protect democracies? Data points to a resounding no. Young people keep marching after Parkland, this time to register to vote. The redemption of the victims of Sandy Hook: Activists’ persistence after the 2012 gun massacre has helped sustain the Parkland movement.
Santa Fe High School had a shooting plan, armed officers and practice — ten people still died. Within hours of massacre, Fox News calls for arming literally “anyone”. Matthew Walther on how America normalized the murder of schoolchildren. Teen dating violence is an indicator of gun violence. Okay, now I actually do want to take your guns.
