Today, gun control is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics.
Offering a deep dive into the politicization of gun rights, Vote Gun reveals the origins of the acrimonious divisions that persist to this day..
He examines in detail how the National Rifle Association reinvented itself as well as how other advocacy groups challenged the NRA\'s political monopoly.
Drawing on a vast range of archival evidence, Charles offers new insight into the evolution of the gun Rights movement and how politicians responded to anti-gun control hardliners.
Politicians including Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan recognized the potential of gun control as a wedge issue, and gun Rights Became increasingly tied to the Republican Party.
Following the enactment of the Gun Control Act, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle began to stake out firm positions.
Kennedy in 1963 spurred congressional proposals to regulate firearms, gun Rights advocates found common cause with states\' Rights proponents opposed to civil Rights legislation.
After the assassination of President John F.
Gun Rights advocates including the National Rifle Association had lobbied legislators for decades, but they had cast firearms control as a local issue.
Charles charts the rise of gun Rights activism from the early twentieth century through the 1980 presidential election, pinpointing the role of the 1968 Gun Control Act.
What explains this drastic shift? Patrick J.
However, before the 1960s, positions on firearms Rights did not necessarily map onto partisan affiliation.
Today, gun control is one of the most polarizing topics in American politics
