03686nam 2200901Ia 450 991077852880332120230721023332.00-8147-5950-51-4416-3156-910.18574/9780814759509(CKB)1000000000817814(EBL)865692(OCoLC)779828190(SSID)ssj0000338376(PQKBManifestationID)11929353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338376(PQKBWorkID)10297010(PQKB)11536270(MiAaPQ)EBC865692(OCoLC)488583422(MdBmJHUP)muse10614(DE-B1597)548113(DE-B1597)9780814759509(Au-PeEL)EBL865692(CaPaEBR)ebr10347238(EXLCZ)99100000000081781420090422d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGun crusaders[electronic resource] the NRA's culture war /Scott MelzerNew York New York University Pressc20091 online resource (336 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-6450-9 0-8147-9550-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Frontier Masculinity, America’s “Gun Culture,” and the NRA -- 2 Why a Gun Movement? -- 3 Framing Threats to Gun Rights -- 4 Under Attack -- 5 Fighting the Culture Wars -- 6 The Politics of Commitment -- 7 Right and Far-Right Moral Politics -- 8 The Ties That Bind -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author Nothing conjures up images of the American frontier and a pick-yourself-up-by-the-bootstraps view of freedom and independence quite like guns. Gun Crusaders is a fascinating inside look at how the four-million member National Rifle Association and its committed members come to see each and every gun control threat as a step down the path towards gun confiscation, and eventually socialism. Enlivened by a rich analysis of NRA materials, meetings, leader speeches, and unique in-depth interviews with NRA members, Gun Crusaders focuses on how the NRA constructs and perceives threats to gun rights as one more attack in a broad liberal cultural war. Scott Melzer shows that the NRA promotes a nostalgic vision of frontier masculinity, whereby gun rights defenders are seen as patriots and freedom fighters, defending not the freedom of religion, but the religion of individual rights and freedoms.Gun controlUnited StatesFirearms ownershipUnited StatesAssociation.Crusaders.Gun.National.Rifle.come.committed.confiscation.control.down.each.eventually.every.fascinating.four-million.inside.look.member.members.path.socialism.step.threat.towards.Gun controlFirearms ownership323.4/3Melzer Scott1134670MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778528803321Gun crusaders3867728UNINA