Swamp Things: Texas Governor Abbott’s Debt to the Gun Lobby
Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott is hardly the only elected official to benefit from the gun lobby. But his story reveals how they hide in the swamp,
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Gun Reform Needs Grassroots Activists Not Astroturf
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythLong before “fake news” became a common refrain, the NRA already knew how to control debate: Speak only when likely to win. Obfuscate to impede dialogue. Deploy paid experts without disclosing their NRA funding.
“The Price of Freedom”: For the Gun Lobby, Mass Shootings Cannot Be Avoided
/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth“This is the price of freedom,” former, disgraced Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly wrote Monday on his own website hours after the Las Vegas country music concert shooting.
Four Years after Sandy Hook, the NRA Continues the Arming of America
/in The Progressive/by Frank Smyth“I don’t think it’s quite game over,” said Jonathan E. Lowy, legal director of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. “But there are reasons to be concerned.”
The Dangerous Movement Behind Donald Trump
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythWhile some worry that Donald Trump’s recent comments about the Second Amendment could encourage violence, against Hillary Clinton, I think Trump’s words mean something else.
Why Trump’s Second Amendment Comments are More Dangerous than You Think
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythDonald Trump seems to be suggesting that some kind of collective act of resistance may be necessary to stop an overreaching government should Clinton win the November election.
Why Can’t We Do Anything About Guns?
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythThe only thing stopping real gun reform in the United States is a paranoid fear that some future, tyrannical regime would seize Americans’ guns and impose a totalitarian state.