Loaded : a disarming history of the Second Amendment / Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: gun love -- Historical context -- Savage war -- Slave patrols -- Confederate guerrillas to outlaw icons -- Myth of the hunter -- The Second Amendment as a covenant -- Mass shootings -- White nationalists, the Militia movement, and Tea Party patriots -- Eluding and resisting the historical white supremacy of the Second Amendment -- Conclusion: history is not past.

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.

English.