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'Misfire' is a scathing look at nepotism, fraud and corruption in the NRA

The book by NPR's Tim Mak might be the final blow in terms of exposing the organization's rotten core and showing how a boundless love for money and power has eaten away at the group's foundations.
<em>Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA,</em> Tim Mak

The National Rifle Association — once one of the most well-known and influential lobbying organizations in the country — is a wounded beast.

Tim Mak's Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA might be the final blow in terms of exposing the organization's rotten core and showing how a boundless love for money and power — as well as nepotism, fraud, and corruption — have been eating away at the NRA's foundations for a long time.

The history of the NRA and its transition from an institution formed in

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