The NRA Wasn’t Always A Front For Gun Makers

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In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

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The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership. I have included another good article below.

How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
 
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The NRA trains our law enforcement officers. You just bitch about them. They trained your police. The trained the police who trained the police. Unless they are in Coward County.

The Law Enforcement Division (LED) of the NRA was established in 1960 specifically to provide the law enforcement community with a means to certify law enforcement firearm instructors. Over the last 55 years, we have trained more than 58,000 law enforcement firearm instructors and currently have over 13,000 active certified instructors.

We are committed to offering the best in law enforcement and military firearm instructor training available. Our instructors consist of active and former police officers from around the country who are highly trained and well-respected professionals in the field.

Although the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is involved in politics, the Law Enforcement Division does not get involved with political issues. Providing the best training possible to our law enforcement officers is our number one priority. We have only one goal in mind -- to provide every law enforcement officer in the country with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to WIN a lethal encounter!

The NRA is a non-profit organization, and as such, our programs cost significantly less than those offered by various other training organizations. We have spent a considerable amount of time and energy over the last several years revising and updating our current course curriculums. Our firearm instructor courses are state-of-the-art, and can be successfully defended in any court of competent jurisdiction, should the need arise. We stand ready to assist you and/or your department with all of your firearm instructor needs.

NRA Law Enforcement Division|Law Enforcement Training
 
NRA had to change and i'm glad that they did Lakhota

Why did it have to change? Fear? I realize that balance is good - but today's NRA is way over the top. Its never-give-an-inch stance is the greatest threat to my future gun rights. It has become RADICAL. It must bend or break.
 
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In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.
I've read about his before.

Still it's hard to fathom that the NRA at one time was not composed mainly of people who think the Earth is 6000 years old.
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.
Nah. They started acting stupid in 1967. They actually supported gun control when Blacks wanted to protect themselves from the cops.

Mulford Act - Wikipedia
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.
I've read about his before.

Still it's hard to fathom that the NRA at one time was not composed mainly of people who think the Earth is 6000 years old.

Yep, I was a proud member for many years - until it went batshit crazy. In the old days, I would even have NRA stickers on my pickups - but never again.
 
The NRA trains our law enforcement officers. You just bitch about them. They trained your police. The trained the police who trained the police. Unless they are in Coward County.

The Law Enforcement Division (LED) of the NRA was established in 1960 specifically to provide the law enforcement community with a means to certify law enforcement firearm instructors. Over the last 55 years, we have trained more than 58,000 law enforcement firearm instructors and currently have over 13,000 active certified instructors.

We are committed to offering the best in law enforcement and military firearm instructor training available. Our instructors consist of active and former police officers from around the country who are highly trained and well-respected professionals in the field.

Although the NRA's Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) is involved in politics, the Law Enforcement Division does not get involved with political issues. Providing the best training possible to our law enforcement officers is our number one priority. We have only one goal in mind -- to provide every law enforcement officer in the country with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to WIN a lethal encounter!

The NRA is a non-profit organization, and as such, our programs cost significantly less than those offered by various other training organizations. We have spent a considerable amount of time and energy over the last several years revising and updating our current course curriculums. Our firearm instructor courses are state-of-the-art, and can be successfully defended in any court of competent jurisdiction, should the need arise. We stand ready to assist you and/or your department with all of your firearm instructor needs.

NRA Law Enforcement Division|Law Enforcement Training

So that is who we have to blame for the cops not entering the building. We have to blame them for having the cops so fearful that they shoot unarmed men. Good to know.
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.
Nah. They started acting stupid in 1967. They actually supported gun control when Blacks wanted to protect themselves from the cops.

Mulford Act - Wikipedia

They may have started acting stupid in 1967 - but they went batshit crazy after being hijacked by radicals in 1977.

How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.
Nah. They started acting stupid in 1967. They actually supported gun control when Blacks wanted to protect themselves from the cops.

Mulford Act - Wikipedia

They may have started acting stupid in 1967 - but they went batshit crazy after being hijacked by radicals in 1977.

How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
Is that when they became a racist and Anti Semitic organisation ?
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.


Gun makers are fine American companies and our friends. You make them out like they murder baby seals.
 
In 1871, the NRA was founded by William Church, a lawyer, and George Wingate, a former newspaper reporter. Wingate explained his new organization’s purpose as working to “promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.”

To that end, the NRA operated mostly as a sporting club and hunting association for its first 100 years. It put a heavy emphasis on gun safety education and training, especially for young people. Church and Wingate had been inspired to create their organization in part from their experience as soldiers during the Civil War, where they had been appalled by the poor marksmanship skills of their fellow fighters. Guns were dangerous, especially in untrained hands, the two men understood. The NRA organized safety clinics and target-shooting competitions to teach young men (and later women) proper gun use and the obligations of responsible firearm ownership.

More: The NRA Wasn't Always A Front For Gun Makers

The NRA used to be a fine outfit - until it was hijacked by radicals in 1977. Above is another good article on the history of the NRA - and how it once stood for responsible gun ownership.


Gun makers are fine American companies and our friends. You make them out like they murder baby seals.

Why aren't gun makers regulated like other companies? President George W. Bush signed the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) in 2005.

FACT CHECK: Gun Manufacturers Can't Be Sued For Crimes Committed With Their Products?
 
The NRA is America's oldest civil rights organization. They have been giving blacks, women, and other minorities the resources to protect themselves since 1871, far before any other civil rights organization.

Yeah, leftards. I know you hate hearing this.
 
The NRA is America's oldest civil rights organization. They have been giving blacks, women, and other minorities the resources to protect themselves since 1871, far before any other civil rights organization.

Yeah, leftards. I know you hate hearing this.
Bullshit. You rightards believe some of the silliest shit in existence. The formation of the NRA had dick to do with Civil Rights.
 

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