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03624aam a2200421 i 4500 001 68E8D61C9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231219010058 008 220725t20232023nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022034767 020 $a 0231208855 020 $a 9780231208857 020 $a 0231208847 020 $a 9780231208840 035 $a (OCoLC)1346530539 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SLU $d VGL $d NWQ $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a HV7436 $b .C49 2023 100 1 $a Charles, Patrick J., $e author. 245 10 $a Vote gun : $b how gun rights became politicized in the United States / $c Patrick J. Charles. 264 1 $a New York : $b Columbia University Press, $c [2023] 300 $a xii, 472 pages : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Epilogue. $t "A shot sure to be heard around Congress" -- $t The rise of the "gun lobby" -- $t The great "gun lobby" awakening -- $t A political synopsis of the great "gun lobby" awakening -- $t The evolution of the NRA and firearms control politics -- $t 1968 : firearms control becomes an election issue -- $t 1969-1970 : the "no compromise" gun rights movement arrives -- $t 1971-1974 : firearms control politics and the Saturday Night Special -- $t 1974-1980 : the gun rights reformation -- $t Epilogue. 520 $a "After John F. Kennedy was shot and killed with a rifle purchased through a mail-order magazine, Congress enacted and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the 1968 Gun Control Act (GCA), regulating firearms under interstate commerce. The politics of firearms controls suddenly underwent a formative transformation. Though the politics of firearms controls date as far back as the late nineteenth century, and though the first gun rights movement was actively lobbying lawmakers by the early to mid-twentieth century, it was not until the enactment of the GCA that lawmakers began to stake out any firm firearms control policy positions, and subsequently make these positions part of their election campaigns. From that point onward, lawmakers increasingly outlined their respective firearms control positions, and over time political coalitions began to form. Vote Gun tells the story of this transformation from the early twentieth century through the 1980 elections. However, most of the book centers on the events immediately leading up to and following the GCA. Specific attention is given to how the passage of the GCA made firearms controls a wedge voting issue, as well as how three presidents--Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter--handled the issue of firearms controls politically. The book closes by examining how the 1980 elections cemented the partisan divisions over firearms controls that remain to this day"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Gun control $z United States. 650 0 $a Gun control $x Political aspects $z United States. 650 0 $a Gun control $z United States $x Public opinion. 650 0 $a Firearms $x Government policy $z United States. 650 7 $a Firearms $x Government policy. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00925584 650 7 $a Gun control. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949382 650 7 $a Gun control $x Public opinion. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00949386 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 776 08 $i Online version: $a Charles, Patrick J. $t Vote gun $d New York : Columbia University Press, 2023 $z 9780231557658 $w (DLC) 2022034768 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231219011538.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=68E8D61C9E3C11EE84E191EF36ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search