Guns have always been a central feature of American culture. However, over the years the culture surrounding gun usage has shifted.
Sociologist Dr. David Yamane and psychologist Dr.Kevin Gilliland explain on “Sunday Night in America” how the uptick in senseless violence across America has created a heightened sense of fear and an increased need for self-defense in Americans.
“I think we have to start by recognizing that guns have always been a fairly normal part of American culture. But the reasons that people owned guns have evolved over time and people have always had firearms for self-defense,” Dr. Yamane said, going on to explain how the “core” of American gun culture has seen an evolution motivated by self-defense.
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“In the past 30 to 40 years, the self-defense motivation has really moved to the core of American gun culture. So this is what I call gun culture 2.0, the second evolution of American gun culture. Not everybody owns…
