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Long before the National Rifle Association tightened its grip on Congress, won over the Supreme Court and prescribed more guns as a solution to gun violence — before all that, Rep. John Dingell had a plan. First jotted on a yellow legal pad in 1975, it would transform the NRA from a fusty club of sportsmen into a lobbying juggernaut that would enforce elected officials’ allegiance, derail legislation behind the scenes, redefine the legal landscape and deploy “all available resources at every lev
question of gun violence, of school shootings which we know the numbers have spiked dramatically over the last year, and this is where, as we all know, it gets incredibly difficult. but the number one thing that the president has on his side is public opinion. and the importance here is whether the president can seize on this moment of national tragedy to really mobilize the majority of americans in a sustained way, and this is very difficult, of course, when you're facing that very targeted, very focussed lobby that is anti-gun regulation, led by the nra, and many very persistent and high-profile republicans in congress. >> and our thanks there from london. on friday, the
much as msnbc yesterday. already there's a beginning of a move away from this story. is there any way to change that? do you see any difference? >> i think that the american public is fed up. they've been fed up on this issue for a long time now. how that manifests itself into change that will come, already we're seeing governors in some states pass gun restrictions. so that's one thing. but i think this really does call for a mass cry of grief from the american public, from parents, from people who want to go to a grocery store. we have to put the pressure on the politicians who are selling fear to make money and stay in power. these conspiracy theories, sure they flourish in the dark corners of the internet. but they're also generated and fed by fox, by the nra, by politicians who want a base that they can activate on this one issue at the expense of
Even in the shadow of this week’s mass shooting, Former President Donald Trump is going ahead with a speech at the 2022 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings in Houston kicking off today. Hundreds of businesses are set to do the same.
A year before gun rights groups sued to stop California from collecting information on firearms ownership, the NRA's chief researcher acknowledged that its advocacy prevents accurate studies.
case, in -- in rittenhouse's case, it seems clear to me that these men sought out confrontation. how is that self-defense? is the second amendment now seen as a permission slip for white men with guns to go looking for trouble, and then shoot their way out? >> if you listen to too much of the rhetoric surrounding it, i would say yes. you hear from the nra and its allies oh, you know, the -- the answer to somebody with a gun is a good guy with a gun. well first of all, everybody thinks they're a good guy. but that also is a license for people to become vigilantes, to become self-appointed executioners. we have seen it, unfortunately, over and over again. and there is a big case now in front of the united states supreme court that i'm afraid is going to take that attitude that we saw in georgia or that we saw in kenosha and make it part of
gun regulations even in the wild west from the beginning of the country. and it was the product of a very sophisticated push by the nra and other gun-rights advocates to change how people saw that provision. to make it a license for people to have guns. and now, you've basically seen a whole generation, like that young man, being told well, especially if you are a white, young man, if you see a problem, get a semiautomatic weapon and wave right into the trouble. and it is very dangerous and the courts have potentially are going to be pointing us toward even more of that kind of thing. >> now, as you know, another key court case happening down in georgia right now. where a white man stands accused of killing a black man. ahmaud arbery. the difference in trying to claim self-defense, but in his
the myth making that we heard the former-chief justice referencing in the intro. who -- who are the special interest groups at play here? is it just the nra? how did we get to a place where well-regulated part of the amendment can be ignored when it comes to a white teenager who encourages racist violence? >> well, thank you for having me, reverend. you are exactly right and it's important for viewers to remember, chief-justice warren berger was a rock-ribbed conservative. he was appointed by richard nixon and what he was reflecting there was what people thought the second amendment meant throughout almost the entire history of the country. the supreme court did not say that the second amendment protects an individual right to gun ownership until 2008. it was really quite recent. and it was the product of myth making, as you say, we have had
worst nightmares. >> as folks that pose a threat to the future of the country. this is the culture war that the nra has been fighting for decades now and that donald trump took up. >> some big guns backing donald trump. this afternoon the national rifle association endorsed him for president. >> here's somebody that really understands. let's go after the bad guys and leave all the good people alone. >> the second amendment is under a threat like never before. >> when donald trump ran for president the nra believed that they were looking into a mirror because donald trump personifies the playbook that the nra has successfully been using for decades. >> hillary clinton wants to abolish the second amendment. just remember that. >> our right to gather, our