Letters and Politics

The History of the NRA

Guest: Frank Smyth (@SmythFrank) is an independent, award-winning investigative journalist specializing in armed conflicts, organized crime and human rights overseas, and on the gun movement and its influence at home. He is a former arms trafficking investigator for Human Rights Watch breaking the role of France in arming Rwanda before its genocide and has testified to Congress and member states of several multilateral organizations.  He is founder and CEO of the leading U.S.-based hostile environments training firm GJS and the author of the book The NRA: The Unauthorized History.