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             The National Rifle Association was founded in 1871 by Union veterans Col. George Wingate to promote rifle uses in a scientific method. The goal was to create shooting ranges and make use of guns more of a sport. The NRA has come a long way and gun ranges can be found all over the country. There are nearly 6,000 people participating in firearm competitions around the nation. Another goal of the NRA was to promote safety and make sure only qualified people are capable of carrying or owning a firearm. NRA members have been educating the public since the beginning of how to hunt with safety and spend the extra money to make sure guns are in the right hands. The NRA created a Legislative Affairs Division in 1934 to fight for the second amendment remarks being made. The Legislative Affairs Division helped fight for the right to bare arms when in need at ones home.
             The involvement of the NRA occurs with helping Britain in WWII, collecting more then 7,000 firearms to defend them from the German's. Britain at the time did not have the amount of firearms because of control laws enacted and appreciated the great deal of help from the NRA. After the NRA helped with WWII they began to focus on educating and training for hunting purposes. This was started in the state of New York by educating young hunters due to the rising interest in hunting. This occurred in 1949 and is still around becoming one of the safest sports there are. Basic skills are taught as well as advanced and today there are 43 states allowing these courses to be taught and almost 40,000 gamesmen.
             Other involvements were with training policemen in firearms and basic training. The NRA developed people to become policemen and now there are over 10,000 trainers continuing the tradition to make are policemen the best they can be and well trained. They are still the leader in firearms training and hold competitions for policemen to compete and better themselves.


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1. NRA

... championing the individual right to bear arms, its close ties to the gun industry, and an uncompromising stance on gun control measures, the NRA has been an influential, yet controversial, entity since its founding over 100 years ago. Ironically, the organization was stabilized and grew with the ... support of the government it frequently criticizes today. Incorporated in 1871 by two Civil War veterans in New York, the NRA's initial goal was to "provide firearms training and encourage interest in the shooting sports" (Snapp 22). The Union Army had performed poorly in ... the group of abo...

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2. Political Power Of The NRA

... ) Church thought that this association should be modeled after the National Rifle Association in Great Britain. On November 17, 1871, New York state allowed the NRA to have a charter "to promote rifle practice, and for this purpose to provide a suitable range or ranges in the vicinity of New York...and ... In 1938, the Federal Firearms Act was established, which tightened the sale of weapons and ammunition. The 1940s through the 1950s were uneventful for the NRA. There we no new legislation against them until the 1960s. On November 22, 1963 President John F. Kennedy was assassinated by L...

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3. Gun Control, the NRA and the Second Amendment

... as a political issue but the certain constitutional rights are anachronisms, is alive and well. Looking online one source that popped out to me was one titled, "Gun Control, the NRA and the Second Amendment," by Jeff Cohen. I liked this website because it talked about more than one subject. It talked about the ... NRA, gun control, and the second amendment. The authors' purpose in this web article is to inform the audience on the criteria of importance about the three subjects. A different message is ... shown throughout each topic throughout the paper. The logical appeal in this websi...

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4. The National Industrial Recovery Act

... 's right hand, noticed during the meeting that the businessmen's reactions were not constructive; furthermore, they accused the administration of leading the country into fascism. They believed that with the NRA, the government, especially General Johnson, received the broad executive power that Roosevelt was asking for in his inaugural speech, which endangered the free American economy and democracy. So, those ... unsafe from the businessmen's side but also from the judiciary's side. On May 6, 1935 the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 decision, declared the Railroad Retirement Act, which was one...

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5. Gun Control

... myths, exploited through repetition and mistaken for the truth. One of those myths is "the only purpose of a handgun is to kill people" (NRA 5). To contradict this statement, an estimated 75-80 million privately owned handguns are used mainly for hunting, target shooting, protection of families, and other ... are also concerned about their family's protection. All of those who own guns for these reasons have the support of the National Rifle Association (NRA). The NRA is composed largely of hunters, gun owners, and sports enthusiasts who stand firmly in their belief that Americans have a ...

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6. Gun Control

... their private information, cars, homes, and traveling via 2,300 volunteer instructors, 20 percent of whom are law enforcement officers***. In addition, the NRA created the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program, which teaches children in school the importance and basics of preventing accidents involving guns. Recently, Ohio became the ... programs reached numerous young people in that time period, it is more than probable that the tremendous decline of fatalities is owed to the NRA. Americans should be allowed to keep firearms because attempts at restrictions are not successful. The aforementioned B...

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7. Gun Control and Politics

... than controlling violent gun related crimes. Representative John Dingell (D) has illustrated this point by his recent actions. In 1994, he went against the NRA and President Bill Clinton by voting for a crime bill banning assault weapons. Although his was re-elected by doing this, many of his ... other Democratic leaders, who later thanked him for his maneuver. What he did was, instead of supporting the president, joined the Republicans and NRA lobbyists in a compromised bill, in which he authored. His bill was eventually defeated, stopping all chances for stricter gun-control laws this y...

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8. Gun Control

... 1994. Most recently there was the ban on assault weapons, which bans the sale and manufacture of what the government considers assault weapons. Both the NRA and HCI have fought very hard against one another to pass some bills, and to keep some bills from becoming law. Both sides of this ... can prove that crime can be reduced with more gun control laws by showing death statistics in countries with stricter gun control laws (Figure 1.1). The NRA argues differently, but does not have the extremely convincing evidence to back their ideas up. To save more lives from death by firearms, some c...

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9. Gun Control

... government, many wonder if it will be Bill Clinton, Janet Reno, and Charles Schumer, or will it be our new 105th pro gun Congress. The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) claims to be: First and Foremost, is its membership--Millions of Americans representing a diverse contrast from age, sex, race, religion. Americans have joined us from every state in the ... persons with moral or religious objections, and those mentally or physically incapacitated.(Code of Ordinances, Chapter 8: Civil Defense and Disaster Relief, Section 8-10, enacted March 15, 1982-Http://www.NRA.org/) People o...

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