Fresh off victory, NRA looks toward 2014
Fresh from its biggest legislative victory in years, the gun lobby is gearing up for its next project: backing their congressional champions in the 2014 midterm elections.
Author Archive for: Frank Smyth
About Frank Smyth
This author has not written his bio yet.
But we are proud to say that Frank Smyth contributed 208 entries already.
Entries by Frank Smyth
How the gun lobby has already blocked Boston’s bombing investigators
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythOne avenue of investigation is already closed off to forensic officials working the Boston Marathon bombing case due to efforts dating back decades by the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers.
Gun lobby helps block US from signing UN arms treaty
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe gun lobby-backed Inhofe amendment requires the executive branch “to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
Gun Control and Genocide
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythHere’s why the NRA is dead wrong about gun control causing genocide. But at least even their paid scholars agree with human rights groups about the horrors of the military dictatorship in Guatemala.
Why it’s so hard to keep guns out of abusive households
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythDue largely to the National Rifle Association’s efforts, few states have laws allowing authorities to confiscate firearms owned by individuals under a restraining order for domestic abuse, even when the order is permanent.
Sequester trumps Sandy Hook: Why gun-control measures may falter
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythMany Americans expected a real change in the nation’s gun laws after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown. But three months later, the outcome looks unclear.
Senate witness on weapons ban funded by gun lobby
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythAt the same time that the gun lobby is helping to fuel threatening language on the Internet, it is trying to keep secret its financial backing for key witnesses testifying about gun violence before the Senate Judiciary Committee.