I have approached all my research from the perspective of critical discourse analysis. I study social issues by critically examining the discourses relevant to the problem with the aim of changing the status quo. I am especially interested in the treatment of minorities in the United States as well as studying the different forms of institutionalized discrimination. Moreover, I am interested in examining the role ideologies play in producing and reproducing discourses that are explicitly or implicitly discriminatory. For example, I did my Master's thesis on police violence in the US and how the language in state legislation makes it practically impossible to regulate behavior of police officers and thus, restrict power abuses by the law enforcement. I found this to be a symptom of a broader cultural ideology unique to the United States. I believe the same phenomenon to affect the debate on gun legislation, which I am currently exploring in my Ph.D. thesis. Specifically, I am studying how the concepts of freedom and security affect the argumentative strategies employed by lawmakers, member of the judiciary and special interest groups arguing for a change in gun legislation.