Frank Smyth's Interviews
Journalist and author Frank Smyth joins the show to discuss the NRA and the gun lobby's deep-seated ideology -- all centered around the slippery slope that even a little bit of gun regulation could lead to "tyranny" and even "genocide" in their eyes. Frank's followed the NRA for nearly 40 years. He and Joe might not ag
When It Comes to Gun Control, Will ‘Baby Steps’ Fix Anything?
In the wake of the fatal shooting of 19 schoolchildren and two teachers in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, supporters of gun control are renewing calls for the government to act. But in a bid to negotiate a bipartisan consensus, the Democratic majority leader, Chuck Schumer, has signaled that there will not be an imminent v
Frank Smyth: On the Persistent Myths of the NRA and the Potential for Pandemic Violence
Frank Smyth is an independent, award-winning investigative journalist specializing in armed conflicts, organized crime and human rights overseas, and on the gun movement and its influence at home. He is a former arms trafficking investigator for Human Rights Watch breaking the role of France in arming Rwanda before its
Frank Smyth on his unauthorized history of the NRA (4/8/20)
The National Rifle Association (NRA) is unique in American life. Few other civic organizations are as old or as large. None is as controversial. It is in no small part thanks to the NRA that US gun laws differ so wildly from that of every other developed nation. But, as Frank Smyth describes in his new book “The NRA: T
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