Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-178) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : deliberating gun violence -- Deliberation and memory -- The weight of the past : memory and the Second amendment -- The fleeting past : memory and our obligations to the dead -- The implicit past : memory and racism -- Conclusions for moving beyond gridlock.
Summary:
"A rhetorical study of the American political debate on gun violence and gun policy. Examines the role of public memory in shaping this discourse and its eventual policy outcomes"--Provided by publisher.
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