{"product_id":"policing-the-second-amendment-guns-law-enforcement-and-the-politics-of-race-9780691212814","title":"Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn urgent look at the relationship between guns, the police, and race\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe United States is steeped in guns, gun violence--and gun debates. As arguments rage on, one issue has largely been overlooked--Americans who support gun control turn to the police as enforcers of their preferred policies, but the police themselves disproportionately support gun rights over gun control. Yet who do the police believe should get gun access? When do they pursue aggressive enforcement of gun laws? And what part does race play in all of this? \u003ci\u003ePolicing the Second Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e unravels the complex relationship between the police, gun violence, and race. Rethinking the terms of the gun debate, Jennifer Carlson shows how the politics of guns cannot be understood--or changed--without considering how the racial politics of crime affect police attitudes about guns. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on local and national newspapers, interviews with close to eighty police chiefs, and a rare look at gun licensing processes, Carlson explores the ways police talk about guns, and how firearms are regulated in different parts of the country. Examining how organizations such as the National Rifle Association have influenced police perspectives, she describes a troubling paradox of guns today--while color-blind laws grant civilians unprecedented rights to own, carry, and use guns, people of color face an all-too-visible system of gun criminalization. This racialized framework--undergirding who is \"a good guy with a gun\" versus \"a bad guy with a gun\"--informs and justifies how police understand and pursue public safety. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePolicing the Second Amendment\u003c\/i\u003e demonstrates that the terrain of gun politics must be reevaluated if there is to be any hope of mitigating further tragedies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of sociology at Arizona State University. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMerchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e (Princeton) and \u003ci\u003eCitizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline. \u003c\/i\u003eHer writing has appeared in such publications as the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50863563800850,"sku":"9780691212814","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71bb6605-83eb-4795-a06d-261bc519b67e.jpg?v=1737641263","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/policing-the-second-amendment-guns-law-enforcement-and-the-politics-of-race-9780691212814","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}