Edited Books
Tucker, co-edited with Margaret Vining and Barton Hacker, A Right to Bear Arms? The Contested Role of History in Contemporary Debates on the Second Amendment (Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press and Penguin Books, 2019).
This collection of essays offers a glimpse into how and why historical arguments have been marshaled on both sides of today’s debate over the Second Amendment. The debate over the Second Amendment has unveiled new and useful information about the history of guns and their possession and meaning in the Read more
Articles
“Display of Arms: A Roundtable Discussion about the Public Exhibition of Firearms and Their History,” Technology and Culture, Vol. 59, Issue 3 (July 2018): 719-769.
Tucker, ed. “Display of Arms: A Roundtable Discussion about the Public Exhibition of Firearms and Their History,” with Glenn Adamson, Jonathan S. Ferguson, Josh Garrett-Davis, Erik Goldstein, Ashley Hlebinsky, David D. Miller, & Suzanne Slavick, Technology and Culture, Vol. 59, Issue 3 (July 2018): 719-769. [Free online access through JHU Read more
Exhibitions
Advisor to Up in Arms, Cecile and Ezra Zilkha Gallery of Contemporary Art, October, 2017.
A multi-media group show presenting a number of perspectives on the image and impact of guns in contemporary culture, curated by Prof. Susanne Slavick (Carnegie Mellon University). Learn more.
Firearms Technology, Law, and Culture
Connecticut Public: Responding to the Mass Shooting in Las Vegas
I was part of a panel discussion around guns and gun control following the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history at a music festival in Las Vegas. Listen to the discussion on Connecticut Public.
Environmental History
Boston Globe: What the Clean Air Act Can Teach Us About Reducing Gun Violence
In this op-ed co-authored with Matthew Miller, I highlight the astonishing reality that while our country closely regulates the impact of automobiles on public health and safety, it does not do so for firearms. Why? In 2005, Congress passed an unprecedented law that largely exempts guns from federal consumer-safety laws, Read more
Firearms Technology, Law, and Culture
Connecticut Public: The Scramble: Changing the Gun Conversation
Following a school shooting in Oregon, I was interviewed on Connecticut Public why guns are not regulated as consumer products like any other that poses a threat to human health. “Our nation’s lax attitude toward gun proliferation is partly the result of a Hollywood version of gun technology…[Specifically, the notion Read more
Firearms Technology, Law, and Culture
Inside Sources: The Not-So-Wild West
In this op-ed, I debunk the conventional picture of the Wild West as a place with rampant gun violence. Contrary to its name, the Wild West was the setting for the passage of some of the nation’s first gun-control laws. In 19th-century frontier towns, people couldn’t just walk around with Read more
