Essay Archive - Brief History of the NRA
Brief History of the NRA
The National Rifle Association in its simplest form is the largest
gun club in the world. The organization was founded in 1871 by former
Union Army officers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine
tuned militia in case of emergency. The Union officers believed that a
well regulated militia was integral for the security of a free state. It
is an organization that opposes gun control, it believes in the individual
defense of the uses of firearms, and it is interested in all aspects of
shooting sports.1
Today, the organization stands with approximately 3.4 million
members. Within the NR....
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