Religion, Colonialism, and White Supremacy: A World Under Siege

In spite of the number of churches, temples, and synagogues, firearms remain embedded in American history and culture. Americans own 46 percent of the world's civilian-owned firearms and use firearms ownership rates far exceed those of other high-income countries. It has been well documented that firearm-related death rates are, among high-income countries, the United States is an outlier in terms of firearms violence. The United States had the highest firearm ownership and death rates of t...