“Guns Don’t Kill People”: Means Matter Revisited
December 17, 2012
In one way, they’re right: guns alone don’t kill people. Our fantasies about guns kill people. Americans love the way guns make them feel: powerful, secure, and in control. We have transferred these qualities onto our totem object, the gun. If we own a gun, the thinking goes, we can fend off criminals who might […]
by Jennifer Tuder
