LEADER 02911oam 22005295 450 001 9910735796103321 005 20241125171254.0 010 $a9783031371745 010 $a3031371747 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-37174-5 035 $a(PPN)281666229 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30663086 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30663086 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-37174-5 035 $a(CKB)27857094100041 035 $a(OCoLC)1391441692 035 $a(EXLCZ)9927857094100041 100 $a20230724d2023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aGuns and values $eindividualism in the American gun debate /$fDylan S. McLean, Anthony K. Fleming 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (vii, 231 pages) 311 08$aPrint version: McLean, Dylan S. Guns and Values Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031371738 327 $aChapter 1: Introducing the Gun Fight and Values -- Chapter 2: Gun Battles and Cultural Warfare -- Chapter 3: Activists at the Grass Roots of Gun Politics -- Chapter 4: Gun Politics in our Federal Political Institutions -- Chapter 5: Conclusion: Controversial Values, Controversial Policies. 330 $aThe American gun control debate is best understood as a battle in a war over the influence of individualism on American culture, politics, and policy. This book demonstrates that the gun debate is fundamentally about values. Specifically, it is about what we value most: private rights, or the public good. This helps explain why the technical, empirical, or legalistic arguments we hear aren?t persuasive. A review of scholarly literature on both the politics of gun control and American political culture finds an American bias toward an individualism that embraces personal rights. We argue that this bias stacks the deck against gun control. Interviews we conducted with activists show that support for, or opposition to, gun control is linked to concern for the public, or private, good. Finally, we trace the federal gun control debate in Washington from the 1960s to 2010s to show the ebbs and flows of individualism?s influence. 606 $aFirearms$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States 606 $aFirearms$xSocial aspects$zUnited States 606 $aGun control$zUnited States 615 0$aFirearms$xLaw and legislation 615 0$aFirearms$xSocial aspects 615 0$aGun control 676 $a320.9 676 $a363.330973 700 $aMcLean$b Dylan S$01379294 701 $aFleming$b Anthony K$0163973 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910735796103321 996 $aGuns and Values$93418729 997 $aUNINA