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04245aam a2200469 i 4500 001 107F03EA177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210917010313 008 200908s2021 njua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2020039432 020 $a 0691207445 020 $a 9780691207445 035 $a (OCoLC)1193070344 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV7436 $b .L334 2021 100 1 $a Lacombe, Matthew J., $e author. 245 10 $a Firepower : $b how the NRA turned gun owners into a political force / $c Matthew J. Lacombe. 264 1 $a Princeton, New Jersey : $b Princeton University Press, $c 2021. 300 $a x, 312 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Princeton studies in American politics 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a 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. 520 $a "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-wing, populist world view and enjoys a prominent position in the Republican Party coalition. As Lacombe shows, NRA members and supporters participate in politics at unusually high rates, and have for decades, successful opposing gun regulations despite the shockingly high rates of gun violence in the U.S. relative to other countries and deep, durable public support for stricter rules on gun ownership. Understanding how and why this came to be can not only teach us about the evolution of one of the most influential interest groups operating today, but can also shed light on how interest groups more generally can marshal the political behavior of their supporters over time in order to build and exercise power. Most of the work done on interest group influence focuses on behind-the-scenes tactics such as lobbying and campaign support. Yet this is not the source of the NRA's power. Instead, it is the group's ability to shape the political outlooks of its supporters on behalf of its agenda. The NRA has done this by creating a gun owner culture and social identity that mobilizes individuals to engage in various forms of political participation, and by linking gun rights to other political issues, generating a broader political ideology. Drawing on almost a century of archival data, Lacombe illuminates the NRA's identity- and ideology-building efforts in fine-grained, historical detail, ultimately showing how the group came to align with the Republican Party and considering the causes and consequences of the NRA's increasingly deep relationship with the GOP in the age of Donald Trump"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 20 $a National Rifle Association of America. 610 20 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) 610 27 $a National Rifle Association of America $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533396 610 27 $a Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00544975 650 0 $a Gun control $z United States. 650 0 $a Firearms ownership $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Firearms owners $x Political activity $z United States. 650 0 $a Pressure groups $z United States. 650 7 $a Gun control $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949382 650 7 $a Pressure groups $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01075954 651 7 $a United States $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Lacombe, Matthew J. $t Firepower $d Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2021. $z 9780691207469 $w (DLC) 2020039433 830 0 $a Princeton studies in American politics. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017021753.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20220601010829.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=107F03EA177D11EC850ADFAD22ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search