Guns – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:09:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Guns – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Mass Shootings and Messages about Masculinity https://brewminate.com/mass-shootings-and-messages-about-masculinity/ Mon, 23 May 2022 14:13:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=167511 The predominant understanding of masculinity combines with the cultural script of spectacular mass violence. Introduction This week Americans

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]]> Stephen Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ Lays Bare Bizarre Role of Guns in American Culture https://brewminate.com/stephen-sondheims-assassins-lays-bare-bizarre-role-of-guns-in-american-culture/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:02:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=166655 Sondheim brilliantly deployed musical theater to explore America’s curious fascination with firearms. Introduction Long before the numbing regularity of

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]]> California Governor Calls for Texas Tactics on Abortion to Implement Gun Control https://brewminate.com/california-governor-calls-for-texas-tactics-on-abortion-to-implement-gun-control/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:01:43 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=166651 The bill would also provide for statutory damages of at least $10,000 in addition to attorney’s fees. By

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]]> Appearing in Dire Straits, the NRA May Actually Be Winning Its Long Game https://brewminate.com/appearing-in-dire-straits-the-nra-may-actually-be-winning-its-long-game/ Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:01:05 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=166664 America’s love-hate relationship with guns is reaching a new level. Introduction No observer of contemporary gun politics could

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]]> Deaths Don’t Stop GOP from Blocking Bill Expanding Gun Background Checks https://brewminate.com/deaths-dont-stop-gop-from-blocking-bill-expanding-gun-background-checks/ Wed, 15 Dec 2021 18:43:45 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=166189 The GOP wants to substantially reduce the number of background checks done in this country. Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa), the

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]]> CDC Seeks to Study True Toll of Guns in America https://brewminate.com/cdc-seeks-to-study-true-toll-of-guns-in-america/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:03:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164957 Just over 100 people, on average, are killed by firearms in the U.S. every day. The uniquely American

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]]> U.S. Gun Policy and Global Comparisons https://brewminate.com/u-s-gun-policy-and-global-comparisons/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:03:30 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164979 How do other countries regulate firearms and respond to mass shootings? Introduction The debate over gun control in

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]]> Early Modern Weapons Laws and a Supreme Court Gun Rights Case https://brewminate.com/early-modern-weapons-laws-and-a-supreme-court-gun-rights-case/ Tue, 23 Nov 2021 18:02:55 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=164996 Many claim that the right to carry guns is a universal right that has spanned centuries and nations.

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]]> A History of Guns and Politics in the United States from the 18th to 20th Centuries https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-guns-and-politics-in-the-united-states-from-the-18th-to-20th-centuries/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:22:59 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=138322 Gun legislation and debates about the second amendment are nothing new. Introduction Gun politics is an area of

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]]> Samuel Colt’s Patent of the Multi-Shot Revolver in 1836 https://brewminate.com/samuel-colts-patent-of-the-multi-shot-revolver-in-1836/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:15:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=133293 At the time period of Samuel Colt’s patent, the United States was on the verge of starting to

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