Morally Controversial Leisure

The Social World of Gun Collectors

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2480945
AutoresAllan D Olmsted (University of Calgary, autor de correspondencia)
Año1988
Volumen11
Número2
Páginas277-287
Fecha de publicación1988-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1525/si.1988.11.2.277
OpenAlexW2089241434
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas19

In this article I examine the world of gun collectors. When dealing, collecting and showing this group sees guns as fascinating collectibles. Yet, collecting and other leisure pursuits are often controversial. Academics, politicians and media persons perceive gun collectors and their collections as symbols of deviance and their guns as threats to society. The moral controversy created by the anti-gun position, and the gun collectors' accounts of their activities, shows how other hobbies may become social problems

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