Gun crusaders : the NRA's culture war / Scott Melzer.

"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 eve...

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Main Author: Melzer, Scott (Author)
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Language:English
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©2009.
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505 0 |a Frontier masculinity, America's "gun culture," and the NRA -- Why a gun movement? -- Framing threats to gun rights -- Under attack -- Fighting the culture wars -- The politics of commitment -- Right and far-right moral politics -- The ties that bind. 
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