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:explode: Power and guns in America :explode: (:gun: Development and…
:explode: Power and guns in America :explode:
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Major political role
Decisive for the presidential elections
Democrats
Want stricter regulations about gun control
Republicans
Defender of gun ownership
Multiple debates
The Second amendment -> right for citizens to bear arms
Two opposed visions
Those who thinks that it provides collective rights
Those who thinks that it provides individual rights
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Movement source
Fighting for Black rights
Black Lives Matter Movement
Civil Rights Movement
Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King Jr.
Fighting to restore White supremacy
KKK (Ku Klux Klan)
Use gun to kill opposants
Scare black people
Illegal terrorist organization
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Slavery-related
Origin of a weapon dependence
Internal fights in african villages
Gun use
Good way to keep authority
Slavers carried guns to protect themselves and stop revolts
Decimate local populations
Gun is a form of oppression of the Black people
Gun is the symbol of the white supremacy
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Development and commoditisation of weapons
American Civil War
Encouraged industrialization and gun production
First rapid-fire firearm ~ "Gatling Gun"
Samuel Colt
Gun seen as a path to fortune
Banalized firearms
Strengthens american's attachment to their weapon
Heritage of the "Wild West" mentality
Gun is a mark of independence and power
American Revolution
Development of different gun technologies
Searched for the best firearm to fight against the British
Faster and cheaper to produce
Faster to fire with and to reload
Every american could have his own gun
Violence was the key which allowed americans to get what they wanted (justice)
Boston Tea Party
Standardized violence in America
Led to a dangerous and controversial gun culture
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Feeling of safety / security
First settlers of America
Used guns to make money
Used guns as protection against predators and hostile native people
Used guns to hunt for food