Ok folks, WTH. I& #39;ll share relevant pieces I& #39;ve written on the NRA today. I mean, I& #39;ve written about every corrupt, crazy, white-nationalist aspect of US gun culture. But I& #39;ll keep it to the NRA. So between doing work, maybe 50 pieces I& #39;ve written over the past 2 decades
Here NY State financial regulators took legal action to stop the NRA from selling an "illegal, NRA-branded insurance policy," aka Murder Insurance. Yup, they wanted to insure those committing "intentional wrongdoing" w their guns https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-nras-cry-for-help">https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-nras-...
NRA sales were down. Solution? Silencers! https://www.thedailybeast.com/another-bloody-morning-in-america-with-more-moments-of-silence-to-come?ref=author">https://www.thedailybeast.com/another-b...
Back when I wrote some for AJE: "NRA: It& #39;s good to live like a king." ... I pointed out--shocking!--how obv corrupt was LaPierre. And I didn& #39;t even know the half of it! https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/02/20112375421439250.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/o...
The curious case (not really) of how Cliven Bundy became an NRA hero(!!) for taking on government, yet, when militarized police attacked African Americans in Ferguson?...bupkis. Zip. Not a word.......Wonder why? https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-isnt-the-nra-defending-fergusons-blacks">https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-isnt-...
I was one of the first (it not first) to write about The Iron (Curtain) Triangle of Trumpistan, the NRA and who else(?!)--Vlad Putin! https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-david-clarke-bridges-donald-trumps-gun-nuts-and-vladimir-putins-kleptocrats?ref=author">https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-david...
Hey, look, it& #39;s the NRA taking one outta the old cigarette playbook and marketing their deadly product to your kids! With cute cartoon characters and everything! https://www.thedailybeast.com/nra-makes-a-gun-cartoon-for-the-kids">https://www.thedailybeast.com/nra-makes...
As @TishJames has shown, NRA execs are the very definition of "elitist," a term they toss at all critics. I wrote about the vast differences--clear in polling--between NRA execs & members (whose $ we now know execs like LaPierre allegedly stole) https://www.salon.com/2012/07/24/gun_owners_vs_nra_leadership_salpart/">https://www.salon.com/2012/07/2...
The men of the NRA, when they& #39;re not committing domestic abuse, they& #39;re making damn sure those who do can get whatever guns their dark hearts desire https://www.thedailybeast.com/gun-nuts-arm-the-mentally-ill?ref=author">https://www.thedailybeast.com/gun-nuts-...
The corrupt Wayne LaPierre& #39;s use of loony, conspiratorial paranoia and racism for good measure (sound like anyone else??) to help the most unhinged among us access more guns & ammo https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/10/20111028123216892743.html">https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/o...
The NRA & OH GOPers thought there weren& #39;t enough guns in daycare centers or on college campuses: https://www.thedailybeast.com/ohios-insane-guns-everywhere-bill-covers-airports-childcare-centers-and-even-police-stations?ref=author">https://www.thedailybeast.com/ohios-ins...
Seems NRA lobbyist Marion Hammer, who helped turn Florida into Florida Man, is in legal trouble per the lawsuit. Couldn& #39;t happen to a better enabler of Trayvon-Martin-type murder across the state, as her "Stand Your Ground" lab, which it then exported https://www.nj.com/hudson/voices/2012/03/schecter_unarmed_and_dangerous.html">https://www.nj.com/hudson/vo...
Slight tv break from these heavy--yet necessary--columns. I got to debate NRA board member Cleta Mitchell on MSNBC ~a decade ago. I& #39;d argue it was as much fun as one could have on cable news https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c-AlkHH1U0">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
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