Help a brother with: Master's Degree thesis on the gun culture in the USA

[XnavyHMCS]

Gents, you know I am struggling here, if I am coming to the forum for assistance... Here is where I am at:

I am doing my Master's Degree here at a university in Eastern Europe (Poland). The topic concerns the "gun culture" in the USA, and I have already covered the early history of the gun and the Constitution in the first two chapters.

I am starting the third chapter, which will be concerning contemporary times. What I am looking for are, ideas about where to go from here, as I do not have a solid plan (my error...).

Also, if anyone has any ideas where I can obtain source material (articles, blogs, magazines, etc...); I would be forever in your debt.

I am a retired US service member (23 yrs...), living abroad; I am NOT an academic I have discovered...

Help me please, as I am slated to defend this work (provided I finish, and the heat is on because the retake for defense is in September and I already have a flight and hotel booked in Barcelona for those dates...) in July, and have almost 2 months to finish. Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!!!

[Obs]

Gents, you know I am struggling here, if I am coming to the forum for assistance... Here is where I am at:

I am doing my Master's Degree here at a university in Eastern Europe (Poland). The topic concerns the "gun culture" in the USA, and I have already covered the early history of the gun and the Constitution in the first two chapters.

I am starting the third chapter, which will be concerning contemporary times. What I am looking for are, ideas about where to go from here, as I do not have a solid plan (my error...).

Also, if anyone has any ideas where I can obtain source material (articles, blogs, magazines, etc...); I would be forever in your debt.

I am a retired US service member (23 yrs...), living abroad; I am NOT an academic I have discovered...

Help me please, as I am slated to defend this work (provided I finish, and the heat is on because the retake for defense is in September and I already have a flight and hotel booked in Barcelona for those dates...) in July, and have almost 2 months to finish. Any help/ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!!!!

Dont know what "Gun Culture" is.
Thats another European influenced liberal term for something that does not exist.

[Couchlockd]

That's the front end, this is the back end. In the middle is the little things you pull.

Sums it up.

The more you can pull it, the more we love it...

[Obs]

I was walking the woods alone for hours every day with a firearm capable of killing any living thing from the age of 8. To me a gun is a tool and entertainment.

Its about the same feeling a euro gets from their own ignorance and a strap on, I suppose. They sure as hell cant use any other tools.

Liberals divide.
The incinuate racism .
They propose different "cultures of violence."
They suppose that we dont live in one culture.

I could never participate in writing an argument for an imagined problem that was invented to indoctrinate other people in the "ignorant culture".
It does not exist.

Yep, I have guns.
Fuck I havent shot one in a year because it is not my defining characteristic.

Lets stop for a minute and focus on "395xp Chainsaw culture"

My job is 120x more deadly than being a policeman.
I use my saw a lot more than any guns.
Thats why I am such a rightwing asshole.
Its that goddam chainsaw culture!

[Obs]

Later we shall discuss cheese culture.

[EDCG19]

You're a US service member and you don't already have all the knowledge on gun control and firearms in general? You in the chair (air) force by any chance??

[Beetlegeuse]

Any idea what perspective you want to approach this from?

[XnavyHMCS]

Any idea what perspective you want to approach this from?

Hi bro, at least finally somebody isn't busting my balls (frankly I am quite shocked by the response... WTF...).

My first 2 chapters covered historical fact surrounding the firearm. Ch. 1 was pre 19th century, encompassing of course the Constitution and the musket's significance in winning the war against the redcoats. Ch. 2 everything from the necessity of the gun in opening up the west (Lewis and Clark, mountain men), to of course the "mythical" cowboy gunslinger (in my research I discovered facts which make a lot of sense for the time period, but which I was unaware of) and leading to the 20th century.

In my 3rd and 4th chapters I want to focus on the impact that the gun has had on contemporary society, it's ignition of the debate surrounding ownership, possession, etc... I am pro-gun (contrary to accusations here...), so it is a bit of a stretch which I am not willing to make, and sacrifice my hardcore beliefs to pander to the liberal educators at the university.

I am in search of advice, articles, ANYTHING....

I stated that I was never an academic, so I am not skilled in this style of writing.

I can shoot you a copy of what I have written thus far, but it is dry, academic, full of quotations and sources, etc.... It doesn't make for pleasure reading...

Thanks for the intelligent response!!!

[Capebuffalo]

https://fair.org/article/gun-control...ond-amendment/

https://newrepublic.com/article/1132...nt-has-arrived

https://uselections.com/issues/gun-control.shtml

[Capebuffalo]

[HoldMyBeer]

Hi bro, at least finally somebody isn't busting my balls (frankly I am quite shocked by the response... WTF...).

My first 2 chapters covered historical fact surrounding the firearm. Ch. 1 was pre 19th century, encompassing of course the Constitution and the musket's significance in winning the war against the redcoats. Ch. 2 everything from the necessity of the gun in opening up the west (Lewis and Clark, mountain men), to of course the "mythical" cowboy gunslinger (in my research I discovered facts which make a lot of sense for the time period, but which I was unaware of) and leading to the 20th century.

In my 3rd and 4th chapters I want to focus on the impact that the gun has had on contemporary society, it's ignition of the debate surrounding ownership, possession, etc... I am pro-gun (contrary to accusations here...), so it is a bit of a stretch which I am not willing to make, and sacrifice my hardcore beliefs to pander to the liberal educators at the university.

I am in search of advice, articles, ANYTHING....

I stated that I was never an academic, so I am not skilled in this style of writing.

I can shoot you a copy of what I have written thus far, but it is dry, academic, full of quotations and sources, etc.... It doesn't make for pleasure reading...

Thanks for the intelligent response!!!

I think the most interesting statistic I've read about the gun debate:
According to the CDC, there are 250k violent crimes involving guns
There are estimated to be between 300k to 3 millions violent crimes prevented by the victum due to legal gun ownership

So we are net positive in lives saved due to gun ownership. Do the anti-gun people really not care that much about human lives?

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[Beetlegeuse]

I checked the Wikipedia page on theses and it gives some generalities about Poland's system. It's obviously much different from the US system so I have no idea about the nuts and bolts of the process, but based on what I know of the American system, I'm still not seeing anything that looks like a thesis statement.

In the classic sense, the purpose of a thesis is to demonstrate mastery of a subject by stating and then successfully defending an opinion. It's not a demonstration of detailed knowledge of the history of a subject except that that knowledge then is shown to support the opinion. You state your opinion in the form of a thesis statement, then offer a defense of that opinion. I don't yet see anything approaching a thesis statement. "American gun culture" is the title of a 24-volume set, not the statement of a thesis.

If you haven't already, I would encourage you to study the theses that your university already has approved. That will give you an idea what they are looking for, stylistically and materially. I have European friends (none of whom are Polish-educated) with advanced degrees and I know from some of them that their universities had a specific and rigid format that a thesis had to follow.

In the US, there's always a thesis committee who serve as mentors and touchstones to the candidate in the development of his thesis. Is there nothing like that in your university? Because if there isn't, and if you aren't studying old theses, then you're shooting at a featureless target. You have no idea where the bulls-eye is, and no idea where to aim.

[Butcher78]

dont know what "gun culture" is.
Thats another european influenced liberal term for something that does not exist.

no doubt!!!

[XnavyHMCS]

I think the most interesting statistic I've read about the gun debate:
According to the CDC, there are 250k violent crimes involving guns
There are estimated to be between 300k to 3 millions violent crimes prevented by the victum due to legal gun ownership

So we are net positive in lives saved due to gun ownership. Do the anti-gun people really not care that much about human lives?

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HoldMyBeer, THANKS bro!!!

[kelkel]

Visit the NRA site. It may provide you with some leads or ideas.

[XnavyHMCS]

Visit the NRA site. It may provide you with some leads or ideas.

Thanks bro!!!