Could US complicity in war crimes in countries like Colombia offer a playbook for domestic repression? After the Cold War, U.S. advisors helped the Colombian military incorporate illegal paramilitaries to assassinate trade unionists, journalists and others.
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.
Here are five myths about the NRA’s mission and history — some told by critics, others told by the NRA itself.
The National Rifle Association of America has a long, exquisite history of service to the nation. Many of its leaders from past generations were war heroes. But their legacies, largely for political reasons, are barely known today.
The role that race has played in the NRA is actually different from what many people may think.
Similar to the way NRA bylaws control who gets elected to the board, the same bylaws control how a director may be removed once elected.
David Kopel has established himself as an independent authority on gun policy, even though he and his Independence Institute have received over $1.42 (now over $3) million or about $175,000 a year from the NRA.
