Gun lobby helps block US from signing UN arms treaty
The gun lobby-backed Inhofe amendment requires the executive branch “to uphold Second Amendment rights and prevent the United States from entering into the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty.
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Sequester trumps Sandy Hook: Why gun-control measures may falter
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythMany Americans expected a real change in the nation’s gun laws after the killing of 20 first-graders in Newtown. But three months later, the outcome looks unclear.
Senate witness on weapons ban funded by gun lobby
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythAt the same time that the gun lobby is helping to fuel threatening language on the Internet, it is trying to keep secret its financial backing for key witnesses testifying about gun violence before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Introducing the NRA kingmakers
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe rites of spring rarely change. Every year, even before turkey season begins, hunters begin sighting their shotguns. Every spring, too, eligible members of the National Rifle Association elect directors to its governing board.
The gun at the heart of the assault weapons debate
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythThe rising popularity of the Bushmaster AR-15 has helped make Remington Arms and its North Carolina-based parent company, Freedom Group, one of the nation’s largest and most profitable gun manufacturing groups.
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.
How the NRA became the fringe
/in MSNBC/by Frank SmythHow far does the NRA’s absolutism go when it comes to the Second Amendment?