Loaded, Roxanne DunbarOrtiz
Loaded, Roxanne DunbarOrtiz
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Loaded
A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 6 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/06/2018


Synopsis

With President Trump suggesting that teachers arm themselves, with the NRA portrayed as a group of "patriots" helping to Make America Great Again, with high school students across the country demanding a solution to the crisis, everyone in America needs to engage in the discussion about our future with an informed, historical perspective on the role of guns in our society. America is at a critical turning point. What is the future for our children?

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment, is a deeply researched—and deeply disturbing—history of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the country to the present. As historian and educator Dunbar-Ortiz explains, in order to understand the current obstacles to gun control, we must understand the history of U.S. guns, from their role in the "settling of America" and the early formation of the new nation, and continuing up to the present.

About Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an American historian, writer, and feminist. She is the author of The Great Sioux Nation, Caught in the Crossfire, Roots of Resistance, and Blood on the Border. She is the Professor Emerita of Ethnic Studies at California State University, Hayward.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Randall on May 31, 2023

Top historians have shown that had there never been Indigenous in US history, the white European invaders would not have survived. In the words of Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, “Without guns, there would be no West.” “They (our forefathers) stole already cultivated farmland and the corn, vegetables,......more

Goodreads review by Sezin on October 14, 2017

Absolutely a must-read for every American, and also for anyone who wants to understand the true roots of the Second Amendment and American gun culture.......more

Goodreads review by Cailleach on March 03, 2018

I finished, i don't feel good about, I highly recommend reading it.......more

Goodreads review by Miles on March 26, 2018

Cannot stress enough, this is essential reading for anyone who wants to have an informed discussion about gun control in the United States. After reading, there will no longer be room for a conversation about 2nd amendment reform that does not include a comprehensive examination of racial domination......more