Firepower : How the NRA Turned Gun Owners into a Political Force /

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"Firepower explores how the NRA gradually transformed itself from a relatively small organization with close ties to the federal government and a mission dedicated to marksmanship, competitive shooting, and military preparedness to what it is today: A political juggernaut that pushes a right-wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lacombe, Matthew J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
National Rifle Association of America
National Rifle Association of America.
Pressure groups
Gun control
Pressure groups > United States.
Firearms owners > Political activity > United States.
Firearms ownership > Political aspects > United States.
Gun control > United States.
United States
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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