georgephillip
Senator
What feature of identity politics drives the fear of crime?
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/02/national-rifle-association-members-florida-school-shooting
"One facet of that identity is rooted in race.
"The numbers are striking: last year, when the Pew Research Center asked, 'What do you think is more important — to protect the right of Americans to own guns, OR to control gun ownership?' 73 percent of blacks and 69 percent of Hispanics said it was more important to control gun ownership while 55 percent of whites said protecting gun rights was more important.
"Other studies back this up: fear of crime actually predicts support for gun control, while racial resentment is a far better predictor of opposition to gun control.
"This is hardly surprising in a country where many whites long saw citizenship as entitling them to violently dispossess and enslave people of color.
"Any real effort to counter the NRA’s influence must take seriously its ability to mobilize millions and the content of the identity that’s mobilizing them."
https://jacobinmag.com/2018/02/national-rifle-association-members-florida-school-shooting
"One facet of that identity is rooted in race.
"The numbers are striking: last year, when the Pew Research Center asked, 'What do you think is more important — to protect the right of Americans to own guns, OR to control gun ownership?' 73 percent of blacks and 69 percent of Hispanics said it was more important to control gun ownership while 55 percent of whites said protecting gun rights was more important.
"Other studies back this up: fear of crime actually predicts support for gun control, while racial resentment is a far better predictor of opposition to gun control.
"This is hardly surprising in a country where many whites long saw citizenship as entitling them to violently dispossess and enslave people of color.
"Any real effort to counter the NRA’s influence must take seriously its ability to mobilize millions and the content of the identity that’s mobilizing them."