civil rights – Frank Smyth

The NRA turns 150: The organization has a rich history. Most of it has been buried.

November 17, 2021/in USA Today/by Frank Smyth

The 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.

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

October 28, 2020/in The New Republic/by Frank Smyth

America’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.

June 5, 2020/in The Washington Post/by Frank Smyth

Here are five myths about the NRA’s mission and history — some told by critics, others told by the NRA itself.

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