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.
This Is Why the NRA Endures
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythAfter the unspeakable tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, many observers expected the National Rifle Association to wither. Instead, it only emerged stronger, facilitating the rise of Trump. What explains the NRA’s success?
Christie moves right on gun issues with veto
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe New Jersey governor’s veto of new gun control legislation backtracked on his previous record that included his embrace of then-President Barack Obama.
Six months after Sandy Hook, grassroot groups and the gun debate
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythAfter the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change. Yet six months later nothing had changed.
For NRA’s new president, not his father’s gun club
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe National Rifle Association’s new president is James W. Porter II from Alabama. I watched him ten years before behind the closed door of an NRA board meeting. He said, “When you open my veins, NRA blood runs out.”
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.