Loaded

A Disarming History of the Second Amendment

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Narrated by: Laural Merlington

With President Trump suggesting that teachers arm themselves, with the NRA portrayed as a group of "patriots" helping to Make America Great Again, with high school students across the country demanding a solution to the crisis, everyone in America needs to engage in the discussion about our future with an informed, historical perspective on the role of guns in our society. America is at a critical turning point. What is the future for our children?

Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment is a deeply researched - and deeply disturbing - history of guns and gun laws in the United States, from the original colonization of the country to the present. As historian and educator Dunbar-Ortiz explains, in order to understand the current obstacles to gun control, we must understand the history of US guns, from their role in the "settling of America" and the early formation of the new nation, and continuing up to the present.

©2018 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (P)2018 Tantor

Critic reviews

"You simply cannot understand the United States and its disastrous gun-mania without the brilliant Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz as a guide." (Astra Taylor, author of The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age)

best nonfiction the complete history of america

this true story is intense and relentless. i see a hopeful little boy believing in heroes by never knowing the truth. now i understand how we got here. now it all makes sense.

Dunbar-Ortiz is just incredible

Once again I am blown away by the precision of Dunbar-Ortiz’ writing and hunger for the truth. I feel so lucky to have the time and space to read this and all her works.

Compelling new(?) thesis on a well-worn topic

Not the same old "well regulated militia" argument. Acknowledges the strengths and weaknesses of the standard arguments made by both sides of US gun debate. Packed with historical details - will be worth listening to twice. Thankfully, the narrator is excellent and doesn't distract from the content.

Factual history

Exaggerated conclusions based on occurrences examples are the Viet-Nam war and speeches by leaders and politicians meant as proof of her point.

abolish guns requires INCREASE BLACK WOMEN

I love this book and it's thorough truths. US Imperialism requires white gun shooting murderousness from its beginning.
Loaded
shows that to abolish guns requires we abolish whiteness.