@article{ref1,
title="The Protestant Heritage and the Spirit of Gun Ownership",
journal="Journal for the scientific study of religion",
year="1989",
author="Young, Robert L.",
volume="28",
number="3",
pages="300-309",
abstract="Previous research has revealed a strong and persistent positive correlation between Protestant affiliation and the ownership of firearms. Utilizing data from the NORC General Social Survey, this paper proposes and tests two possible explanations -- one religious and one cultural -- for this relationship. The analysis lends primary support to the cultural model. In part, Protestants are more likely to own guns because, as a result of growing up in the rural South, they are more likely to hunt. Among non-hunters, the association between religious faith and gun ownership can be explained by the interaction of a frontier ethnic heritage with rural socialization and religious fundamentalism.<p />",
language="",
issn="0021-8294",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}