In the aftermath of the mass shooting in Newtown, Lazerwitz began reflecting on the strangeness of gun ownership and its mythology in the American psyche. Gun deaths are far more common in America than any other nation. Why? There are more guns in America than any other nation. In fact, there are more guns than people. And yet, the mythology of gun ownership being tied to a noble and free identity continues to reign in America. It’s not the guns, it’s the bad people (with guns). We cannot give up the guns because they make us who we are. Something Lazerwitz noted in the reports on these types of shootings was that the gun manufacturer often was not mentioned in wide scale reporting. Lazerwitz used the Mother Jones database as a starting point to research what guns were used in these events and to mark each death not by the assailant but by the gun. After all, it is guns that kill people. Lazerwitz updates the piece regularly and is now looking to get another hide to expand the piece as new manufacturers are now in play. The use of hide and embroidery is both to harken to the myth of the American West and cowboy culture, where guns are tied to a noble sentiment and to a domestic naivety as more and more victims are not adults but children.
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