The NRA has gained traction over the years because of the group’s appeal to the symbolic attachment that Americans have for guns, which emerged from a frontier past. This romanticised US gun culture created the NRA and the NRA has perpetuated and further exaggerated what the American gun culture is and the value of guns to maintaining freedom. The organization uses their culture influence as a foundation for its political and economic influences to stop any and all gun reform from happening. While it is easy for Americans to demonise the NRA as an all-powerful organisation of “gun nuts”, in reality half of the American population shares their ideal and beliefs. This common culture that the NRA appeals to has made it one of the most powerful
