The Importance of Context: The Gunning of America's Sloppy Scholarship

5 Pages Posted: 31 Dec 2016

Date Written: December 20, 2016

Abstract

Pamela Haag’s The Gunning of America: Business and the Making of American Gun Culture (Basic Books, 2015) demonstrates the importance of reading in context, especially when the falsification of history so produced will likely be cited in briefs and court decisions.

Keywords: Gun Rights, History

Suggested Citation

Cramer, Clayton E., The Importance of Context: The Gunning of America's Sloppy Scholarship (December 20, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2888156 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2888156

Clayton E. Cramer (Contact Author)

College of Western Idaho ( email )

5500 East Opportunity Drive
Nampa, ID 83687
United States

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