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Harlan Carter

SOURCE: Boston Review
12/17/2021

America as a Tactical Gun Culture

by Chad Kautzer

"Vigilantism is fueled by an individualist notion of sovereignty more dangerous than any military-grade weaponry. It rejects the freedom of others as equal to one’s own and views any attempt to support such equality as tyranny."

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Harlan Carter

America as a Tactical Gun Culture

by Chad Kautzer