Citizen-Protectors

Why do so many Americans not only own guns but also carry them? In Citizen-Protectors, Jennifer Carlson delves headlong into the world of gun carriers, shedding light on Americans' complex relationship with guns. Carlson shows how, against a backdrop of economic insecurity and social instability, gun carrying becomes a means of being a good citizen, an idea that pervades the NRA's public literature, statements, and its training courses.