If the NRA does not have serious economic and political clout…


…then we can better understand the significance it places on passing “open carry” laws. The politics of the NRA comes down to a man or woman pointing a gun at you.

Charles Mudede—who writes about film, books, music, and his life in Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, the USA, and the UK for The Stranger—was born near a steel plant in Kwe Kwe, Zimbabwe. He has no memory...