Citation

Filindra A, Kaplan NJ, Buyuker BE. Sociol. Inq. 2021; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2021, Alpha Kappa Delta, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/soin.12388

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Gun ownership is a key predictor of gun policy preferences, political advocacy on behalf of gun rights, and political engagement. Theories have linked both racial and gender ideologies to gun ownership among white Americans, but the evidence is spotty. Statistical analyses provide some limited confirmation that racial resentment is a key predictor of gun ownership, but the role of sexism has not been tested quantitatively especially in conjunction with racial resentment. We use the 2004-2016 ANES and a 2015 Gun Survey to statistically test the relative importance of racial resentment and sexism in predicting gun ownership, rationales for owning firearms, and NRA membership among whites. We find strong evidence that racial resentment is associated with gun ownership, rationales for owning firearms, and NRA membership, but the results for sexism are generally not consistent with expectations.

Language: en