CZM Rewind: Harlon Carter: the Man Who Militarized the Cops and the NRA

Behind the Bastards

Originally aired June 2022

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA. 

SOURCES:

  1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp 
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html 
  3. https://www.linktv.org/the-legacy-of-the-texas-rangers-a-look-at-the-long-history-of-violence-at-the-border 
  4. https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f 
  5. https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html 
  7. https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/
  8. https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593 
  9. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america 
  10. https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/s1784m73m 
  11. https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf 
  12. http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm 
  13. https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/ 
  14. https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/ 
  15. https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence 
  16. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled 
  17. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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Originally aired June 2022

Robert is joined by Matt Lieb to discuss Harlon Carter and NRA. 

SOURCES:

  1. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/04/27/meet-the-2-texans-who-took-over-the-nra-and-made-the-gun-rights-group-a-feared-and-powerful-force/%3foutputType=amp 
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/harlon-b-carter-longtime-head-of-rifle-association-dies-at-78.html 
  3. https://www.linktv.org/the-legacy-of-the-texas-rangers-a-look-at-the-long-history-of-violence-at-the-border 
  4. https://timeline.com/harlon-carter-nra-murder-2f8227f2434f 
  5. https://bostonreview.net/articles/america-as-a-tactical-gun-culture/
  6. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/04/us/hard-line-opponent-of-gun-laws-wins-new-term-at-helm-of-rifle.html 
  7. https://nraontherecord.org/harlon-carter/
  8. https://medium.com/epic-magazine/sons-of-guns-a250e6637593 
  9. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/04/23/battleground-america 
  10. https://scholar.colorado.edu/downloads/s1784m73m 
  11. https://addran.tcu.edu/history/files/Dissertation-Prospectus-2.pdf 
  12. http://web.archive.org/web/20190331211610/http://www.davekopel.com/NRO/2000/Misfiring-at-Harlon-Carter.htm 
  13. https://newhampshirebulletin.com/2022/05/31/how-nra-evolved-from-backing-1934-ban-on-machine-guns-to-where-it-is-now-commentary/ 
  14. https://www.thetrace.org/2020/01/gun-industry-legal-immunity-plcaa/ 
  15. https://www.apa.org/science/about/psa/2013/02/gun-violence 
  16. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-02-28/how-defective-guns-became-the-only-product-that-can-t-be-recalled 
  17. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005LW0MNW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

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