Time, Regained

This article is part of the series: Notes on guns and violence

The following is taken from the forthcoming book, The Police Against Itself: Reassembling French Liberalism “After the Social,” an ethnography of French police administrative reform, the vicissitudes of public life, and the ethical tensions which animate both, especially around questions of violence. This section, an interlude entitled “Time, Regained,” offers a rumination on a particular tapestry of violence and belonging …

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August 21, 2018

The Banality of Lost Guns: Producing Null Data Sets

By Kristin Doughty

This article is part of the series: Notes on guns and violence

On the evening of June 6, 2016, a man with a concealed carry permit misplaced his loaded 9mm Kahr handgun in the middle of a park filled with kids during the opening night of my town’s recreational soccer league.[1] A parent found the gun lying in the grass under a stand of pine trees a few yards from a …

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June 26, 2018

We Need to Talk About “Gun Violence”: Reflections on Terminology and Contexts of Violence

By Joe Anderson

This article is part of the series: Notes on guns and violence

Among the many political challenges of our time, gun violence in America has emerged as one of the most divisive. A retreat into partisan communities prevents us from considering the complexity or lived experiences of our political opponents. The fears and insecurities of each group are projected onto the other. Both consume media that influences how they are likely to …

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May 1, 2018

Gun Cultures Reflect Broader Changes in American Society

By Joseph Henderson

This article is part of the series: Notes on guns and violence

Author’s Note: I originally wrote this article for my institution’s student-run literary magazine after the Parkland shooting. Our little community was engaged in passionate debate about “gun culture” and I had long wanted to write on the issue given my socialization and scholarship. This essay is an attempt to examine my own family’s social dynamics relative to larger societal shifts. …

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Series: Notes on guns and violence

Time, Regained

The Banality of Lost Guns: Producing Null Data Sets

We Need to Talk About “Gun Violence”: Reflections on Terminology and Contexts of Violence

Gun Cultures Reflect Broader Changes in American Society