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Race, Rights, and Rifles : He Origins of the Nra and Contemporary Gun Culture - Alexandra Filindra

Race, Rights, and Rifles

He Origins of the Nra and Contemporary Gun Culture

Author: Alexandra Filindra

Read by: Peter Berkrot

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Published: 21st May 2024

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An eye-opening examination of the ties between American gun culture and white male supremacy from the American Revolution to today. One-third of American adults--approximately 86 million people--own firearms. This is not just for protection or hunting. Although many associate gun-centric ideology with individualist and libertarian traditions in American political culture, Race, Rights, and Rifles shows that it rests on an equally old but different foundation. Instead, Alexandra Frilindra shows that American gun culture can be traced back to the American Revolution when republican notions of civic duty were fused with a belief in white male supremacy and a commitment to maintaining racial and gender hierarchies. Drawing on wide-ranging historical and contemporary evidence, Race, Rights, and Rifles traces how this ideology emerged during the Revolution and became embedded in America's institutions, from state militias to the National Rifle Association (NRA). Utilizing original survey data, Filindra reveals how many white Americans--including those outside of the NRA's direct orbit--embrace these beliefs, and as a result, they are more likely than other Americans to value gun rights over voting rights, embrace antidemocratic norms, and justify political violence.

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