Arms: The Culture and Credo of the Gun (Paperback)

from CliffBurns

Andrew Somerset is no shrinking violet. This is an individual who served with distinction in his country's armed forces, who hunts regularly and enthusiastically--hardly a bleeding heart liberal. Somerset openly confesses to liking guns, but he doesn't fetishize weapons or insist he has the God-g...

from anna_in_pdx

Disclosure: Although I've never met the author in person, we interact on LibraryThing so he is a friend of sorts. I bought this book because I had heard about it from him and he talked about his research during the writing process. Gun politics in the U.S. is a very polarized topic and I think A....

from CliffBurns

Andrew Somerset is no shrinking violet. This is an individual who served with distinction in his country's armed forces, who hunts regularly and enthusiastically--hardly a bleeding heart liberal. Somerset openly confesses to liking guns, but he doesn't fetishize weapons or insist he has the God-g...

from anna_in_pdx

Disclosure: Although I've never met the author in person, we interact on LibraryThing so he is a friend of sorts. I bought this book because I had heard about it from him and he talked about his research during the writing process. Gun politics in the U.S. is a very polarized topic and I think A....