@article{ref1,
title="Neo-republicanism, nondomination, and gun rights in uncertain times",
journal="Social Science Research Network electronic library",
year="2020",
author="Davis, Ryan",
volume="2020",
number="",
pages="e3722565-e3722565",
abstract="Republican political theory has long feared the tyranny of uncontrolled power. While maintaining the tradition's suspicions of concentrated power, neo-republicans regard the presence of a constitutionally limited political state as an essential constituent of nondomination. In this essay, I suggest that the summer protests of 2020 provide an occasion for scrutinizing philosophical idealization of the political state. If an image of the political state as a source of domination is placed alongside its usual image as the solution to domination, how would that revision affect neo-republican prescriptions? I consider this question specifically with respect to private ownership of firearms. This paper has two aims. First, I contend that private possession of firearms does not suffice for mutual domination. The neo-republican's premises are inadequate to build an argument for gun control. Second, I make a positive case that when the state becomes a dominating power or complicit in domination, private possession of firearms can potentially offer a valuable source of antipower.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-5068",
doi="10.2139/ssrn.3722565",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3722565"
}