Gun Crusaders
：The NRA's Culture War
Publication subTitle ：The NRA's Culture War
Author： Melzer Scott
Publisher： NYU Press
Publication year： 2009
E-ISBN: 9780814759509
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780814795507
Subject： D0 Political Theory;D8 Diplomacy, International Relations;D815 international problem;D91 Legal departments;D917 犯罪学
Keyword： 犯罪学,政治理论,国际问题,外交、国际关系,法学各部门
Language： ENG
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Description
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.
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