Frank Smyth

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12years ago
MS NOW

Guess who keeps a gun-owner registry? The NRA

National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre made it very clear this spring that the organization categorically opposed any gun-owner registry. “What’s the po

12years ago
MS NOW

Gun lobby: Who got elected to the NRA board?

This year’s gun lobby board election brought a few surprises, as the National Rifle Association has been trying to keep the results (and the low voter turnout)

12years ago
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California: Did tough gun control laws cut firearms deaths?

Do gun control laws work? New figures from the nation’s most populous state, which also happens to have the nation’s toughest statewide gun laws, suggest they

13years ago
The Last Word

Was that gun used in a crime? Now you can find out

On Sunday in New Orleans, Laderika Smith, 28, returned from the store to find her five-year-old daughter bloodied and lying on the bedroom floor with a gunshot

13years ago
The Last Word

Six months after Sandy Hook, grassroot groups and the gun debate

After the horror of the Newtown shooting, gun reform advocates expected to finally see a change.

13years ago
MS NOW

GOP senators target nominee for ATF (now seven years without a director)

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has been without a permanent director for seven years.

13years ago
MS NOW

Guatemala’s top court overturns conviction in genocide case

Guatemala’s highest court has overturned the watershed conviction of a former military leader of genocide and crimes against humanity.

13years ago
MS NOW

Mother’s Day shooting: Handguns and urban violence

The Mother’s Day parade shooting in New Orleans Sunday demonstrates the role handguns play in urban violence.

13years ago
The Last Word

For NRA’s new president, not his father’s gun club

James W. Porter, Jr. assumed the unpaid, but politically important post of president of the National Rifle Association Monday.

13years ago
The Last Word

Fresh off victory, NRA looks toward 2014

Fresh from its biggest legislative victory in years, the gun lobby is gearing up for its next project: backing their congressional champions in the 2014 midterm