Nonfiction

One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

One Nation Under Guns: How Gun Culture Distorts Our History and Threatens Our Democracy

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  • Create Date：2024-01-31 15:21:47
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Dominic Erdozain
  • ISBN：0593594312
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Reviews

Alex Pulliam ，

Excellent and concise summary of gun control in the USA。 A little overwritten in the beginning but the prose really hits its stride at the end。CW: racism， gun violence， sexism， mentions of SADisclaimer: I received this book for free from the publisher as part of a Goodreads Giveaway。 A review was requested but not required and the content and rating were all my own。 The version I read was an Advanced Reader Copy and may differ from the final published edition。

Harmony Soto ，

I knew this book was going to be a banger as soon as I picked it up and it did not disappoint in the slightest。

Jenn ，

Historian Dominic Erdozain presents the case that the Second Amendment does not give every American the right have a gun。 He also very convincingly argues that our current gun crisis can be laid at the feet of the twin problems of racism and nationalism。 An idea that struck me when reading this that kept coming up in my mind was this: They're all honest， law-abiding citizens。 Until they're not。 One Nation Under Guns lays out clearly how our gun problem came about and what a precarious position w Historian Dominic Erdozain presents the case that the Second Amendment does not give every American the right have a gun。 He also very convincingly argues that our current gun crisis can be laid at the feet of the twin problems of racism and nationalism。 An idea that struck me when reading this that kept coming up in my mind was this: They're all honest， law-abiding citizens。 Until they're not。 One Nation Under Guns lays out clearly how our gun problem came about and what a precarious position we find ourselves in today。I don't often read nonfiction。 I generally find it extremely dry and hard to get through。 And some of this was a little more detailed than I wanted。 But overall， I enjoyed this one， even while being horrified at the facts。 。。。more