The Passionate Eye

NRA Under Fire (29x2)

: 12, 2020

For years, the National Rifle Association wielded its political power to dominate America’s conversation about gun rights and gun control — outlasting and overpowering the calls for change that followed mass shooting after mass shooting, from Columbine to Newtown. But as the 2020 election approaches, the once-unrivalled organization is facing both internal strife and a rising external threat: a movement led by student survivors of the Parkland mass shooting, whose gun-control advocacy has kept the issue in the headlines and motivated a groundswell of politicians willing to take on the NRA. In August 2020, New York’s Attorney General launched a civil lawsuit to dissolve the organization over financial misconduct. NRA Under Fire investigates the status of America’s gun debate — and why the organization that has dominated it for so long is now under attack on all sides. Drawing on interviews with leading voices on both sides, the documentary traces the NRA’s evolution from a group of gun enthusiasts and sportsmen with minimal political focus to a powerful lobbying force opposing any perceived infringement of the constitutional right to bear arms.