The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump
Not unlike the way authoritarians across the world have rewritten history to advance their agenda, pro-gun ideologues and leaders in the U.S. have invented their own gospel of gun rights.
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The NRA Isn’t that Powerful. Its Creed Is.
/in Politico/by Frank SmythThe NRA is a profoundly weaker and more divided organization than it once was. But its legacy, even if it fails to survive, will be the culture and ideology of gun rights it helped cultivate.
The NRA turns 150: The organization has a rich history. Most of it has been buried.
/in USA Today/by Frank SmythThe NRA in New York copied the British Royal NRA’s name, the distances to its targets on Wimbledon range, and even their solid iron designs weighing up to 400 pounds each – shipped by steamer across the Atlantic.
MLB vs. NRA: Compare and contrast
/in New York Daily News/by Frank SmythMajor League Baseball and the National Rifle Association are each a century and a half old. But while MLB celebrates its history, the NRA buries and rewrites its own, likely because its true history is inconvenient for its modern plans.
The Myths Fueling Today’s Armed Right How the NRA seeded the storylines animating the violent groups that will be patrolling this year’s election
/in The New Republic/by Frank SmythAmerica’s pro-Trump armed right would not be the first to invent a new ideology to justify their violence. Genocidaires developed propaganda ahead of the mass violence in late-1930s Germany and early-1990s Rwanda.
Five myths about the National Rifle Association: No, the NRA did not start out as a civil rights organization.
/in The Washington Post/by Frank SmythHere are five myths about the NRA’s mission and history — some told by critics, others told by the NRA itself.
The Early NRA Had Nothing to Do with the KKK: Neo-Nazis and others only got closer later.
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythThe role that race has played in the NRA is actually different from what many people may think.