Texas' GOP leadership has spent decades trumpeting the “God-given right” to firearms, further cementing gun ownership as a holy cause and political identity. Texas GregAbbott Republicans UvaldeschoolMassacre Uvalde guncontrol
two-thirds of gun owners own more than one gun, and nearly a third own five or more guns.
It was also an era of much tighter gun laws in Texas. Hupp’s handgun was in the glove compartment of her car. She feared losing her chiropractor's license if caught violating the state’s prohibition on carrying a concealed weapon. When Hupp first got involved in the gun rights movement, many states banned concealed carry and the United States was on the verge of passing a federal assault weapons ban.
“In the '90s and 2000s, people really do start to see guns increasingly as a viable option to face down crime, uncertainty and unrest,” said Yamane. “There's an element of defensive gun ownership that looks at the gun as a tool of last resort for when the worst possible thing is happening.” And Texas did fight. In 1994, George W. Bush beat Ann Richards for the governorship after she vetoed a concealed carry law. In the decades since, Texas passed open carry, allowed guns on college campuses and in churches, prohibited cities from passing stricter gun laws and deemed the state a “Second Amendment sanctuary.”once dismissed as “nuts” pass into law — like permitless carry and allowing teachers to carry guns.
True believers derive the inherent right to self-defense by drawing a line from the Declaration of Independence – that all men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” — to the 2nd Amendment as the legal representation of God’s will.
Modern Christian nationalism tightly defines a “true American” and a “true Christian” in largely white, evangelical, conservative terms, emphasizing capitalism, traditional gender roles and parents' rights.
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