Shooters
Subtitle: Myths and Realities of America's Gun Cultures
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: May 14, 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780195150513
First sentence: In the fall of 1997, as a graduate student at the University of California, I set out to conduct an anthropological study of gun enthusiasm.
Description: Frequenting gun shops and shooting ranges, and devoting particular attention to those whose interest in weaponry extends beyond casual, Abigail Kohn captures in detail how gun owners actually think and feel about their guns, cutting through the clichés that portray shooters as 'gun nuts' or potential terrorists.