Loaded a Disarming History of the Second Amendment Review
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| Author | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |
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| Cover artist | Herb Thornby |
| Land | United states |
| Language | English |
| Genre | History |
| Publisher | Metropolis Lights Books, San Francisco |
| Publication date | 2018-01-23 |
| Media type | Print (paperback, Kindle & sound) |
| Pages | 236 |
| OCLC | 1035450533 |
Loaded: A Convincing History of the Second Amendment is a book written by the historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and published by Metropolis Lights Books. It takes a close and unexpected wait at the historical origins of the 2d Amendment to the United States Constitution. Despite being no fan of guns, Dunbar approaches the subject from neither the liberal nor the conservative side of the usual debate, instead earthworks deeply into the subject equally a historian to unearth surprising facts.
Synopsis [edit]
Loaded begins with Dunbar-Ortiz writing about her own feel with guns as a member of a radical left-wing "women's action-written report group" in 1970. She uses her own history of falling in, and then out of, honey with guns to brainstorm an exploration of the larger U.S. love-fest with guns, and where this comes from. In 9 capacity she describes the historical development of what she calls "a dangerous gun culture" intimately connected to the Second Amendment, that "has entitled white nationalism, racialized dominance, and social control through violence."
Chapters One and Two depict how the Second Amendment allowed and legalized the "total state of war" settlers were already "waging against Indigenous Peoples to dispossess them of their land", likewise equally permitting settler command of "Black populations - enslaved and free". This was an of import role of U.Due south. expansion "throughout the continent and into the Caribbean and Pacific."[one] : p.25 In these chapters, Dunbar-Ortiz refutes an argument popular amongst gun-control advocates demonstrating that the 2d Amendment "specifically gave individuals and families the right to form volunteer militias to attack Indians and accept their land."[1] : p.xviii
Affiliate Iii examines picayune discussed provisions of the Second Amendment which required every citizen "to capture and return people caught escaping from slavery" and empowered slavers to organize "militias to help enforce slavery."[1] : pp.25-6
Chapters Four and V explore the celebration of gun culture that led "generations" of American children to play "cowboys and Indians", and lionized "pro-slavery guerrillas" and "ruthless mass murderers" like Quantrill'due south Raiders, Jesse and Frank James, and the Younger brothers who became Robin Hood-like "iconic national celebrities". It as well explores the national mythology surrounding "the hunter" which romanticised figures similar Daniel Boone and gun use during the period when the U.S. was "committing genocide confronting Native Americans."[i] : p.26
Chapter Six looks into the ways that the Second Amendment, specially the right to conduct arms, is treated like a "God-given covenant" in the U.S.[1] : p.109
Chapters Seven and Eight trace the rising numbers of mass shootings in the U.S. with the parallel increment of "organized gun-rights advancement" and the "revival and rise of white nationalist groups and militias."[1] : p.26
Chapter Nine digs into the national resistance, among both pro and anti-gun advocates, to understand this history of the "connections betwixt the Second Subpoena and white nationalism."[1] : p.27
Overall, the book attempts to "confront fundamental aspects of U.S. history" embedded within "the original meaning and intention of the Second Subpoena" that are "likewise often overlooked or denied".[ane] : p.27
Reception [edit]
Loaded has received an overall favorable reception. It rates 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads, the readers' book review website which has over 90 million members.[2] Adam Hochschild, writing in The New York Review of Books, described it as "like a nail of fresh air."[3] Mark Trecka in the Los Angeles Review of Books writes, "Dunbar-Ortiz constructs a brilliant outline of the genocidal colonization of the United States.... her thesis here is certainly as compelling as — and perhaps even more shattering than — any she has proposed in previous works."[4] The New Democracy reviewer, Patrick Blanchfield, praised the book as "brilliant" and said the book'due south "assay, erudite and unrelenting, exposes bullheaded spots non only amongst conservatives, but, crucially, amid liberals as well". He continued, "Throughout, and fifty-fifty when uneven, her narrative is devastating ... As a portrait of the deepest structures of American violence, Loaded is an indispensable book."[5] The San Francisco Chronicle's review finds a few questionable arguments, but notes that at a time when "many Americans...have lost their patience with feckless lawmakers and AR-xv fetishists" the moment may need "unambiguous language" which Dunbar-Ortiz "is well-positioned to see".[half-dozen] Jonah Raskin, writing in the HuffPost gave the book a scathing review, calling it a screed and saying "Dunbar-Ortiz selects those incidents that back up her argument and ignores those that don't support her argument." forth with saying she has an in issue with "white men"[seven]
References [edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne (2018). Loaded: A Disarming History of the 2nd Amendment. San Francisco, CA: Metropolis Lights Books. ISBN0872867234.
- ^ "Goodreads review of Loaded". Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Hochschild, Adam (April 18, 2018). "Bang for the Buck". The New York Review of Books. New York, NY. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Trecka, Mark (February 15, 2018). "The United States's Sacred Gun Problem". Los Angeles Review of Books. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Blanchfield, Patrick (December 11, 2017). "The Roughshod Origins of Gun Rights". The New Commonwealth. New York, NY. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Canfield, Kevin (March 1, 2018). "Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz". San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco, CA. Retrieved April 12, 2020.
- ^ Raskin, Jonah (October 31, 2017). "Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz'due south Screed on Gun Love and Gun Civilization". HuffPost. New York, NY. Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loaded:_A_Disarming_History_of_the_Second_Amendment
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