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Look at 3 enduring stories Americans tell about guns to understand the debate over them

  • Written by Greg Dickinson, Professor of Rhetoric and Memory, Colorado State University
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The United States has struggled with a spate of horrific mass shootings – and will now need to grapple with the implications of the Supreme Court striking down New York’s restrictions on carrying concealed firearms, with...

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