Die starke Zustimmung zur National Rifle Association ist mit der Unterstützung politischer Gewalt verbunden. Befürworter unterstützten auch eher Verschwörungstheorien, rechtsextreme Gruppen und QAnon und stimmten christlich-nationalistischen Überzeugungen zu, wie etwa der Erklärung der Regierung, dass das Land eine christliche Nation sei.

**Strong approval of the National Rifle Association is linked to support for political violence**

A recent survey of adults in the United States provides evidence that people who strongly approve of the National Rifle Association tend to show greater support for political violence. The findings suggest that these individuals are more willing to personally engage in such acts, which offers insights for efforts aimed at preventing politically motivated harm. This research was published in the journal [*Injury Epidemiology*](https://doi.org/10.1186/s40621-026-00685-2).

The National Rifle Association is one of the most prominent social movement organizations in the country. A social movement organization is a formally organized group that works to achieve specific social or political goals. Past data links support for the organization with a greater likelihood of carrying loaded weapons in public and expressing highly conservative political views.

The researchers found that people who strongly approved of the National Rifle Association were significantly more likely to support political violence. About 44 percent of the approvers viewed violence as usually or always justified to advance at least one political objective. In comparison, only 21.5 percent of non-approvers felt the same way.

This willingness extended to personal participation in violence. The survey indicates that approvers were more willing to engage in violence against specific groups, such as elected government officials or public health workers.

The data provides evidence that this willingness extends to acting independently, as approvers were more frequently willing than non-approvers to engage in lone-actor political violence. In the survey, 10.6 percent of approvers expressed this willingness compared to 1.9 percent of non-approvers.

Additionally, 4.2 percent of approvers considered it very or extremely likely that they would shoot someone to advance a political goal, compared to just 0.8 percent of non-approvers. The data provides evidence that approval of the group is also connected to specific ideas about the future of the country. For example, 25.2 percent of approvers strongly agreed that the American way of life is disappearing so fast that force may be necessary to save it, compared to just 5.6 percent of non-approvers. Approvers also more frequently agreed that the United States needs a civil war to set things right.

Additionally, those who approved of the organization were more likely to endorse various conspiracy theories and express support for right-wing extremist groups. Approvers were more likely to endorse the central elements of the QAnon mythology, which is a set of unfounded conspiracy theories involving global trafficking rings. They were also more likely to agree with statements reflecting Christian nationalist beliefs, such as the idea that the government should declare the country a Christian nation.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40621-026-00685-2

Could it be the all the white nationalist propaganda they publish?

“ 4.2 percent of approvers considered it very or extremely likely that they would shoot someone to advance a political goal” wow for a gun owners association these people need mental health help. Something is deeply wrong with these people 

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I’m curious of the questions that were asked to respondents.

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Once again, proving they are *exactly who we think they are*. Shocking.

I will never be a doomsday preper because I think it’s wasting precious happiness figuring out how to survive the small chance of the end of civilization. At which point death would be better. My prepping consists of exercise, healthcare, and retirement savings.

What is really going on here is that these people are being manipulated to bolster votes for the wealthy and powerful.

I’m sure it’s moreso the fact that conservatives are more likely to own a firearm in the first place (not that all conservatives are extremists and whatnot of course)

Idk why I got recommended this, I’m not American nor do I really even know what NRA is but the title sounds like a whole lot of nothing. People who support the LGBTQ community are probably more likely to support left-wing extremist groups, doesn’t necessarily mean that people who support the LGBTQ community are largely extremist. I’m not even gonna read the post, I never interacted in this sub before, but posting something with a title that is clearly trying to paint a narrative while actually saying nothing in a science sub seems scummy. If 1% of the right supports right-wing extremist groups while it’s 0% for the left, and 1% of the left supports left-wing extremist groups while it’s 0% from the right, then you can say right-wing people are more likely to support right-wing extremist groups while left-wing people are more likely to support left-wing extremist groups. Substitute right-wing and left-wing with things typically associated with those sides of politics (say, being religious and being queer) well then religious people are more likely to support right-wing extremists and queer people are more likely to support left-wing extremists, when in reality most religious people are chill and most queer people are chill.

I’m probably more pro 2A than today’s NRA, but I have an active boycott going against them for a number of reasons. It’s not just liberals that don’t like the NRA…

It’s a shame r/science has been taken over by politics. Are there any better Science subs out there?

I’m pretty sure they are the only ones that didnt already know this

Strong approval of the ‚We just love having passionate god-fearing American sex with our weapons‘ club is linked to violence? Who would have known?

A lot of gun owners hate the NRA. They are corupt and are known to race bait and fear monger

So Rightwing Nutjob can be considered a scientific term?