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Introducing Sts Scholarship To The Gun Policy Debate In United States Society, Caroline Skinner
Introducing Sts Scholarship To The Gun Policy Debate In United States Society, Caroline Skinner
Scripps Senior Theses
The following thesis will merge the field of legal studies with the field
of Science, Technology, and Society, and will focus on issues surrounding the
gun control debate. The goal is to ultimately bring new light to this hot-
button legal topic through the use of STS scholarship. STS tools and theories,
which have previously been absent from most gun control discussions, have
much to contribute to the discourse in terms of motivating the need for gun
control, fully understanding the user-gun relationship, breaking down
misconceptions about the technology and its role in society, and further
understanding the complex societal …