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A former firearms executive pulls back the curtain on America's multibillion-dollar gun industry, exposing how it fostered extremism and racism, radicalizing the nation and bringing cultural division to a boiling point.
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As an avid hunter, outdoorsman, and conservationistâall things that the firearms industry was built onâRyan Busse chased aâŚ
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Busse offers the new perspective of an insiderâan erstwhile gun executive. Iâve always held that the gun industry has gotten far too little attention historically, and that commercial forces substantially helped to create and then maintain the American gun mystique and culture long after the âfrontierâ closed. Busseâs work shows just how explicitly the gun industry today, since 9/11 and the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, relies on âmanufactured fearâ to push products. The book teems with examples of fear marketing, including endorsements from social media celebrities that created a new breed of âcouch commandos,â steeped in the âglorification of violence,âŚ
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