For the first time, the definitive account of America\'s most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.
For anyone who has looked at access to guns in our society and asked Why?, this is an unmatched account of how we got here, and who got us here..
Here is that story, from the NRA\'s surprising roots in post-Civil War New York City to the defining event that changed its culture forever -- the so called Cincinnati Revolt of 1977 -- to the present day, where President Donald Trump is the most ardent champion in the White House the NRA has ever had.
At the same time, the organization has also buried its own remarkable history.
But, as Frank Smyth shows, the NRA has evolved from an organization concerned above all with marksmanship -- and which supported most government efforts around gun control for a hundred years -- to one that resists all attempts to restrict guns in any way. gun policy differs so extremely -- some would say so tragically -- from that of every other developed nation.
It is largely due to the NRA that the U.
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None is as controversial.
Few other civic organizations are as old or as large.
The National Rifle Association is unique in American life.
For the first time, the definitive account of America\'s most powerful, most secretive, and most controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins
