Frank Smyth has delivered a clearly-written, diligently-researched, and level-headed answer. "This is the book for anyone who has ever wondered why the United States is incapable of even minor regulation of firearms, despite alarming levels of gun violence and consistent, broad public support for it. Its evolution after that - into a gentlemen’s hunting club with an unexpected affinity for wildlife conservation, until Second Amendment absolutists seized power in the 1970s - is ably traced by the author, who narrates the audio version of his book in no-nonsense tones." ( The New York Times) began as a Reconstruction-era organization 'with the mission to improve military preparedness in anticipation of future wars,' Smyth says. 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.Ī Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books
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. It is largely due to the NRA that the US gun policy differs so extremely - some would say so tragically - from that of every other developed nation. 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.
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