THE U.S. LOVES GUNS. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James, to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has coloured the lore, shaped the law, and protected the market that arms the nation, and the world. In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the sacred myths of Americans' "right to bear arms" to expose the true origins of the Second Amendment, specifically, the connection between the arming of the earliest Anglo settlers, modern-day policing, and the persistence of white supremacy as a political force. From the nation's origins in slavery and colonization to the current proliferation of mass shootings, Loaded presents an invaluable history of firearms in the United Sates.