@article{344490,
      recid = {344490},
      author = {Melzer, Scott.},
      title = {Gun crusaders : the NRA's culture war /},
      publisher = {New York University Press,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {xii, 323 p. :},
      year = {2009},
      abstract = {From the Publisher: 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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/344490},
}