04145oam 2200925 450 991055421020332120210223101421.09780691207469electronic book0691207461electronic book0-691-20745-310.1515/9780691207469(OCoLC)1195819348(MiFhGG)GVRL60E9(EXLCZ)99410000001174393720200908h20212021 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFirepower how the NRA turned gun owners into a political force /Matthew J. LacombePrinceton, New Jersey :Princeton University Press,[2021]�20211 online resource (x, 312 pages) chartsPrinceton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectivesPrinceton scholarship onlineAlso issued in print: 2021.Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Explaining the NRA's power -- The political weaponization of gun owners : the NRA and gun ownership as social identity -- "America's first freedom" : the NRA's gun-centric political ideology -- Gun policy during the NRA's quasi-governmental phase -- The party-group alignment of the NRA and the GOP -- Gun policy during the NRA's partisan phase -- Conclusion.The National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations - even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. 'Firepower' provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda. Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters.Princeton studies in American politics. Historical, international, and comparative perspectives.Princeton scholarship online.Gun controlUnited StatesFirearms ownershipPolitical aspectsUnited StatesFirearms ownersPolitical activityUnited StatesPressure groupsUnited StatesAmerican Rifleman.American political development.Charlton Heston nra.Charlton Heston.Columbine.George Wood Wingate.Liberal Gun Club.Sandy Hook.Tea Party.Washington lobbyists.Wayne LaPierre.William Conant Church.bump stocks.culture war.elementary school shooting.gun control.gun owner identity.gun politics.gun rights.gun safety.identity politics.lobbying.mass shooting statistics.militias.mixed methods.nra influence.nra money.nra power.polarization.political parties.social identity.text analysis.Gun controlFirearms ownershipPolitical aspectsFirearms ownersPolitical activityPressure groups363.330973Lacombe Matthew J.1218518MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910554210203321Firepower2817897UNINA