Frank Smyth has delivered a clearly-written, diligently-researched, and level-headed answer. He documents how the NRA, once primarily a sporting group that advocated sensible gun controls, has buried its past, rewritten history, and transformed itself into an enormously influential right-wing force that has elevated gun fetishism into a political ideology that, for many, borders on religion.”. · Independent investigative journalist Frank Smyth's THE NRA: THE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY, the entire story of America's most powerful, most secretive and most controversial non-profit, from its surprising roots in post-Civil War New York City to the defining moment in the s that changed its character forever, to today's NRA, damaged in the public eye yet more closely allie more/5. Frank Smyth is the author of The NRA: The Unauthorized History and an independent investigative journalist specializing in armed conflicts, organized crime and human rights overseas, and on the gun movement and its influence at home. He was formerly an arms trafficking investigator for .
Smyth admits he's a "Fudd," a derisive NRA term for a gun owner who supports gun regulations. As befits that nuanced stance, the author offers a measured, scrupulously researched political history that shows how the NRA has evolved from an organization promoting rifle marksmanship to an unrelenting foe of all limits on guns. We stream our live show every day at 12 PM www.doorway.ru Smyth joins Sam to discuss his new book, "The NRA: The Unauthorized History." The NRA is one of the three. Frank's book, The NRA: The Unauthorized History, was released by Flatiron Ma, and was reviewed in The New York Times and London Review of Books. He then wrote, among other NRA pieces, "The unsung war heroes of the National Rifle Association" in Stars and Stripes, and " Five myths about the National Rifle Association" in.
Frank Smyth is the author of The NRA: The Unauthorized History and an independent investigative journalist specializing in armed conflicts, organized crime and human rights overseas, and on the gun movement and its influence at home. He was formerly an arms trafficking investigator for Human Rights Watch. The Unauthorized History,” is an earnest and refreshingly even-tempered, if not entirely thorough, account of the most feared lobbying force in America. The N.R.A. began as a Reconstruction-era. Frank Smyth is a journalist, a gun enthusiast, and a member of the NRA. He has done his homework. At least 25% of the book is a list of references used. And, it’s the first history of the NRA to be published that was not funded by the NRA. That, in itself, is surprising but, even stranger still is how far the modern NRA has gone to hide its history.
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