Gun Crusaders : : The NRA’s Culture War / / Scott Melzer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Melzer, Scott,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Introduction --; PART I Defending Guns, Defending Masculinity --; 1 Frontier Masculinity, America’s “Gun Culture,” and the NRA --; 2 Why a Gun Movement? --; PART II Talking Guns, Talking Culture War --; 3 Framing Threats to Gun Rights --; 4 Under Attack --; 5 Fighting the Culture Wars --; PART III Committing to the NRA, Committing to the Right --; 6 The Politics of Commitment --; 7 Right and Far-Right Moral Politics --; 8 The Ties That Bind --; Epilogue --; Appendix --; Notes --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780814759509; 9783110706444
• DOI: 10.18574/nyu/9780814759509.001.0001
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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 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.