Five myths about the National Rifle Association: No, the NRA did not start out as a civil rights organization.
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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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 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.
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.
What the Judiciary Committee Should Ask Wayne LaPierre
/in The Progressive/by Frank SmythThe main argument driving the modern NRA is not a pragmatic, but an ideological one.