
GUN OWNERSHIP AND THE BREAKDOWN OF THE COMMON GOOD.
No other icon of the American identity simultaneously carries with
it such unabated reverence, pride, fear and disgust as guns. Guns are
as much a part of the American self-image as apple pie, Monday Night
Football and beer pong. The latest numbers indicate
100 to 200 million people in the US are gun owners, with anywhere from
300 to 700 million total guns in the country,...