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National Rifle Association

The Author’s Corner with Alexandra Filindra

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 29, 2023

Alexandra Filindra is Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. This interview is based on her new book, Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture (University of Chicago […]

What happened at the NRA leadership forum this weekend?

John Fea   |  April 17, 2023

We have a serious gun violence problem in the United States. While the National Rifle Association was meeting in Indianapolis, there were multiple-death shootings in Dadeville, Alabama; Louisville, Kentucky; Harrisonburg, Virginia; Honolulu, Hawaii; Spring, Texas; Orlando, Florida; Ahoskie, North Carolina; […]

Former Texas GOP congressman Will Hurd: “I want more than thoughts and prayers”

John Fea   |  June 7, 2022

Hurd represented Uvalde, Texas from 2014-2021. Here is a taste of his piece at The New York Times: We are not helpless, and if the people we elect to address our country’s tough challenges think nothing can or should be […]

A short history of the National Rifle Association

John Fea   |  June 1, 2022

Robert Spitzer, a scholar of U.S. gun policy and the NRA, divides the history of the organization into three phases: Phase One: At first the group was mainly concerned with marksmanship. It later played a relatively constructive role regarding safety-minded gun […]

Do guns have ANYTHING to do with mass shootings? No, according to Ted Cruz

John Fea   |  May 28, 2022

In Cruz’s world, gun violence happens because of “the elites who dominate our culture,” the media, corporate leaders, Hollywood, homelessness, gangs, “radical” district attorneys, “cultural sickness,” despair, isolation, “sick souls,” broken families, absent fathers, declining church attendance, social medial bullying, […]

Which lawmakers get the most contributions from gun rights groups?

John Fea   |  May 27, 2022

From Axios: Sen. Ted Cruz (TX): $442,000 Rep. Steve Scalise (LA): $396,000 Sen. John Cornyn (TX): $340,000 Sen. Lindsey Grahan (SC): $284,000 Sen. Mitch McConnell (KY): $247,000 Rep. Devin Nunes (CA): $228, 000 Sen. Ron Johnson (WI): 223,000 Rep. Kevin […]

Washington Post on the NRA’s “long-overdue reckoning”:

John Fea   |  May 17, 2021

Here is editorial board of The Washington Post: AFTER IT was slapped with a lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general alleging fraud and abuse, the National Rifle Association filed for bankruptcy in federal court in Dallas in a […]

Chris Cuomo: Police reform and gun control will come when “white people’s kids start getting killed” and Black people start forming militias

John Fea   |  April 19, 2021

Watch here. After Cuomo finished his monologue, Michael Smerconish and Van Jones joined him on air to talk about this. You can listen to their conversation here. A taste: Smerconish: I thought your commentary was brilliant and depressing and you’re […]