ABSTRACT
Studying collective expressions is necessary to back up our claim, which is not just that there are more violent individuals and violent acts in the South, but also that southern culture is more violent than northern culture in matters where honor is concerned. Thus, it is important to show that the differences have outlined hold at the level of law, policy, and public action. To examine how cultural differences with respect to guns are embodied in laws, analyzed state gun control laws summarized by the National Rifle Association (NRA). The self-defense laws plausibly reflect the frontier development of these regions and the culture-of-honor tradition of protection in the absence of strong law enforcement. Capital punishment can be regarded as an extreme form of violence for purposes of control. The frontier legacy of the South and West legitimized self-protective or defensive violence, but the slave system of the South also legitimized violence for the purpose of discipline, control, and punishment.
