Carlson, J. Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy.

• Date: 01 September 2023
• Author: Knox, Allison G.S.

Carlson, J. Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2023. 288 pages. Hardcover, $29.95.

There are many interesting ways to gauge the pulse of the public as they contemplate and support policy concepts. As consumers of knowledge, Americans tend to watch the ebb and flow of policy debate as new ideas about various issues emerge, gain steam and either become new pieces of legislation in Congress, or fizzle and die out. There are a few different policy initiatives that continue to maintain the interests of the American public, particularly as Congress works to figure out policy solutions to the policy problems that exist within society. One of these policy initiatives is that of gun rights. While the conversation continues to evolve on what to do regarding gun rights and gun control, Jennifer Carlson, an associate professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona, uses the perspective of gun...