not having to rely on others, it so positive, the american miss, the associate a just jennifer colson firearms, the key to understanding us history. the has been hor, tools and sort of the making of american statehood in american society since the beginning. and we can see that with regard to the early american republic with regard to the revolutionary war and you know, throwing off the bridge, we can see guns in terms of the western settlement and genocide, of indigenous peoples. she really is part of the origin story of the us and it's a thread that continues to be went through american society the, the designer of wireless phones is interesting because it's very much about consolidating this imagery of what is a real american get fast to that right, this is your last draw and you'll never handle guns again, morgan. and we often see these sort of incredibly flat stylized troves of, um yeah, whether it's indigenous people, whether it's mexicans, whether it's african american. so people of color and they're really only there to make possible the sort of fearless, self reliance, indepe

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