Gun advocates recruit reformers to lend moral prestige to their cause.

Evidence

Anthony nor those she inspired won women’s voting rights with guns. Rosa Parks sparked the civil rights movement by nonviolent resistance to institutionalized discrimination. Given her commitment to social change by nonviolent means, she would probably be appalled to see her name used in support of the gun industry. For its comparative ennoblement, the NRA also recruited George Mason and Patrick Henry, who fought for the Bill of Rights, and distinguished scientists such as Einstein and Pasteur. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 1083

Categorization

• XREF: Moral ennoblement by association parallels the vault claim that policy supporters adopt social-conservative self-images while backing harmful measures, showing how a positive identity covers harmful endorsement.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 1083