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Misfire : inside the downfall of the NRA / Tim Mak.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: [New York, New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]Description: x, 371 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781524746452
  • 1524746452
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Contents:
Introduction -- Wayne -- "Just a volunteer" -- The NRA's fiefdoms -- The NRA before Sandy Hook -- The NRA's lobbying animal house -- Sandy Hook -- Manchin-Toomey collapses -- The rise of everytown -- Wayne's posse and NRA HQ -- Maria Butina and the roots of NRA-Russia -- The Obama years -- Operation Second Pozner -- Ackerman McQueen power grows -- Moscow bound -- Butina's back channel -- The NRA and the 2016 campaign -- Butina's downfall -- The start of the end -- Whistleblowers and an angry mother -- Brewer replaces Ackerman McQueen -- The Colonel -- Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- The weekend from hell -- Rebellion -- Lawfare -- The AG strikes -- Bankruptcy.
Summary: "A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak"-- Provided by publisher.Summary: Once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, the NRA ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organization that maintained an iron hold on gun legislation in America. The millions in small fees from members across the country funded hidden, lavish lifestyles of designer suits, private jets and yachts, martini lunches and Champagne dinners-- while the group manipulated legislators and flirted with a Russian spy. Mak shows that in 2012 the NRA's grip on Washington began to loosen in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a speech claiming the solution was not fewer guns, but more guns, in schools. Poor leadership and mismanagement by LaPierre led to a power struggle between LaPierre and former NRA president Oliver North that fractured the organization. Mak paints a vivid picture of the gun group's rampant corruption and slow decline. -- adapted from Amazon info
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A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak

"Tenacious, careful and incisive."--Jonathan Swan * "Deeply and meticulously reported, colorfully and precisely written."--Olivia Nuzzi * "Nonstop revelations are told with gripping detail and intimate insider knowledge."--David Frum * "Fantastic."--Chris Hayes

The NRA once compelled respect--even fear--from Republicans and Democrats alike. Once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, the NRA ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organization that maintained an iron hold on gun legislation in America. This influential nonprofit raised millions in small fees from members across the country, which funded hidden, lavish lifestyles of designer suits, private jets and yachts, martini lunches and Champagne dinners--while the group manipulated legislators and flirted with a Russian spy.

Yet in 2012, the NRA's grip on Washington began to loosen in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. Facing nationwide outrage, NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a speech claiming the solution was not fewer guns, but more guns, in schools. The group's rhetoric only escalated from there, a misstep that sparked a backlash and invited the scrutiny of the government.

Unveiled here for the first time ever are surprising, revelatory details spotlighting decades of poor leadership and mismanagement by LaPierre; the NRA's long association with marketing firm Ackerman-McQueen; NRA executives' 2015 trip to Moscow, a by-invitation affair packed with meetings with Russian government officials, diplomats, and oligarchs seeking influence in American politics; as well as the power struggle between LaPierre and former NRA president Oliver North that fractured the organization.

Misfire is the result of a four-year investigation by journalist Tim Mak, who scoured thousands of pages of never-before-publicized documents and cultivated dozens of confidential sources inside the NRA's orbit to paint a vivid picture of the gun group's rampant corruption and slow decline, marking a sea change in the battle over gun rights and control in America.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"A blistering exposé of the National Rifle Association, revealing its people, power, corruption, and ongoing downfall, from acclaimed NPR investigative reporter Tim Mak"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction -- Wayne -- "Just a volunteer" -- The NRA's fiefdoms -- The NRA before Sandy Hook -- The NRA's lobbying animal house -- Sandy Hook -- Manchin-Toomey collapses -- The rise of everytown -- Wayne's posse and NRA HQ -- Maria Butina and the roots of NRA-Russia -- The Obama years -- Operation Second Pozner -- Ackerman McQueen power grows -- Moscow bound -- Butina's back channel -- The NRA and the 2016 campaign -- Butina's downfall -- The start of the end -- Whistleblowers and an angry mother -- Brewer replaces Ackerman McQueen -- The Colonel -- Wednesday, April 24, 2019 -- The weekend from hell -- Rebellion -- Lawfare -- The AG strikes -- Bankruptcy.

Once a grassroots club dedicated to gun safety, the NRA ballooned into a powerful lobbyist organization that maintained an iron hold on gun legislation in America. The millions in small fees from members across the country funded hidden, lavish lifestyles of designer suits, private jets and yachts, martini lunches and Champagne dinners-- while the group manipulated legislators and flirted with a Russian spy. Mak shows that in 2012 the NRA's grip on Washington began to loosen in the wake of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre gave a speech claiming the solution was not fewer guns, but more guns, in schools. Poor leadership and mismanagement by LaPierre led to a power struggle between LaPierre and former NRA president Oliver North that fractured the organization. Mak paints a vivid picture of the gun group's rampant corruption and slow decline. -- adapted from Amazon info

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