America's Gun Wars: A Cultural History of Gun C. Campbell**

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

America's Gun WarsA Cultural History of Gun Control in the United States\nAuthor(s): Donald J. Campbell\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Praeger Publishers Inc\nISBN-13: 9781440870293, 978-1440870293\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the controversies surrounding gun control, which are less about whether it \""works\"" and more about whether the nation should prioritize traditional values of rugged independence or newer values of communitarian interdependence.\n\nAmerica's Gun Wars contends that an understanding of America's gun controversy cannot be found in statistics documenting the rise (or fall) of violent crime, or in examining trade-offs between societal needs and personal safety, or in following the political maneuvering of advocacy groups such as the National Rifle Association or Everytown for Gun Safety. At heart, the gun controversy is a values conflict involving how people see themselves and how they make sense of the world they l.