The second : race and guns in a fatally unequal America / Carol Anderson.

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Investigates the history and impact of the Second Amendment, how it was designed, and how it has been constructed from the start to keep African Americans powerless and vulnerable.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine) (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
Subjects:
Firearms > Law and legislation > United States > History.
United States. > Constitution. > 2nd Amendment > History.
Firearms ownership > Government policy > United States > History.
Gun control > United States > History.
African Americans > Civil rights > History.
United States > Race relations.
Constitution (United States)
African Americans > Civil rights.
Firearms > Law and legislation.
Firearms ownership > Government policy.
Gun control.
Race relations.
United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement.
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:258 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction : "Why did you shoot him, sir?"
  • "Sheep will never make a revolution"
  • Keeping a ferocious monster in chains
  • The right to kill negroes
  • How can I be unarmed when my blackness is the weapon that you fear?
  • Epilogue : Racism lies around like a loaded weapon.