By focusing on the technology of the gun, rather than the people who wield or defend them, The Lives of Guns explores guns as political actors in American culture, ultimately offering something new and different to a complex and emotion-laden debate.
This book does something remarkable: it strikes out in a new direction on the gun issue. Guns and similar devices that result in destruction arent just passive devices or simple tools, say the authors; guns have a moral agency, aside and apart from their human handlers, that reaches from interpersonal relations to the authority of the state. The new thinking reflected in this volume will be a welcome addition to serious writing on the role of guns in America.
