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Why Do Americans Own More Guns Per Capita Than Anyone Else?

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One question for Jennifer Carlson, a 2022 MacArthur Grant-winning sociologist at the University of Arizona and author of the forthcoming book Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers and the Crisis of American Democracy.

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Why do Americans own more guns per capita than anyone else?

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