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Frank Smyth

Frank Smyth

Frank Smyth is the author of “The NRA: The Unauthorized History” (2020). He won the Society of Professional Journalists Magazine Investigative Reporting Award for his Mother Jones article “Unmasking the NRA’s Inner Circle” after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting.

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The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump

The Gospel of Gun Rights in the Age of Trump

The gun rights movement has hardened under Trump’s watch, and he has benefited from that hardening. Groups from neo-Nazis to the National Rifle Association have radicalized gun owners by spreading myths that demonize gun control. Pro-gun ideologues and leaders have invented their own gospel of gun rights.

Frank Smyth