Role of firearms have played over the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Im jim supica, the museum director, we will take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. We will start with the earliest precolonial days and go up through current times. We will look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america. The role firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting rolls. We will see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes and we will see some great pieces of art. Firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax virginia. The museum has existed itself for nearly 80 years and we have been in this location for about 15. We are custodians of about 7000 firearms that have been donated to us or lent to us over the past 75 years. We have about 3000 on display here and about 1000 more at the nra National Sporting arms mu
In issues on my mind, and you write about when it comes to terrorism. We must think hard about the moral stakes and falls. If we truly believe in our Democratic Values and way of life, we must be willing to defend them. Passive measures are unlikely to suffice. Means of more active defense and deterrence must be considered and given the necessary political support. You say if you have a lawenforcement approach okay, let an attack happen and then we find out who did it and try them in a u. S. Court and if we make them guilty and the endless Appeals Committee go to jail. While, what does that accomplish . In the meantime the terrorist act has taken place and an act like 9 11 can kill a lot of people so if you know something is coming at you, why not stop it from happening . In other words, prevention. And when i first said that in 1984, it was very controversial but after 9 11, people have said of course, we should be trying to stop that from happening. And so i think this doctrine of tr
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Here. If youre not a member pick up a brochure to see the wonderful exhibitions and programs we have coming up. A brochure but tonights program is part of the distinguished Speaker Series which is the heart of our Public Program so thanks for all love the support. [applause] [applause] your product right away but he has done so much for us and we are so thrilled. I would also like to recognize and thank our executive committee chair, rick and trustees very, susan, glen, joel, and david and all her germans counsel with us this evening for all their wonderful support as well. Lets giveel them a big hand alo cut back program tonight will last an hour, include a q a session and you should have received a card with a pencil and if not, our Staff Members will be coming up and down the aisle to do a card to write your question on it later on in the program they were collected and our speaker, michael will be happy to answer them. His book aloneto will be in our museum store in he will be sign
Artifacts,merican the second part of our visit to the National Firearms museum. We join the exam director in the civil war gallery. We are entering the civil war galleries of the National Firearms museum. On my left represents the union and on my left, the confederacy. We see numerous examples of the carbines the union was using. This was a time of rapid advance in firearms design. This is one of the carbines used in the raid on Harpers Ferry by john brown. One of the events that initiated the civil war. This exhibit illustrates the manufacturing might of the north. They could turn out hundreds of thousands of well fitted, well manufactured firearms. Though are ready to go to work. In the back, you see a barrel by smith and wesson from the civil war clear up to the time of world war ii. The manufacturing capability was one of the norths strengths in the civil war. The south on the other hand did not have the industrial might that the north had. As we talked earlier the new , england an