Meeting. The author of the book, armed in america, hadraa history of g rights. Thanks for being with us on cspan 3s American History tv. Thank you, steve, for being here. How did the organization come about and why . Well, they came about after the civil war where theres poor marketing by officers during it the war so two officers decided to form the nra for two purposes. One is facilitate, build and grow long rifle ranges and assist markmanship. The florida initial sale so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from government, and they started off with one organization. They grew to 1,700 by 1929. They also are just so you know built on there was an enlish National Rifle association, and they were this supposed to be the american version. The only thing that really differentiated the two to start off with you could start or build a rifle club locally or statewide and you were an nra affiliated club no less. And those clubs would then compete in state, local and national m
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 thats why they pay us the remarkably modest bucks at the end of the day. But that is, in essence, one of the major problems okay. Just continuing on this question of contextualizing, i want to ask you a very specific question about infringed and abridged and how those two words differ if their implication and whether there is a Historical Context to that or whether we only need concern ourselves with our contemporary conception of the distinction between those two words . Well, i mean it depends on whether you think were doing a linguistic exercise where the meaning interchangeable. You know, you could say infringed means just the same thing as to violate. Its one of the definitions. It could be a binary. Either its on or off. You infringed or you vichavent a spectrum, a diminution, an infringement and theres not a good linguistic account i have seen so far about which way to interpret that. As between infringed and abridged i
City gay bar and ensuing riot, the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted a discussion titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. This is an hour. Well now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series. This is titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. I thank the commissioner for suggesting this months speaker topic. June, as we know, has come to be known as pride month, and the reason for that stretches back now 50 years. On june 28th, 1969, street demonstrations for lesbian and gay civil rights began at the Stonewall Inn, in greenwich village, in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the movement for lgbt civil rights. In june 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama proclaimed a site near the former Stonewall Inn a national monument. Today, well hear more about the momentous events at stonewall and how they served as a catalyst for the lgbt Civil Rights Movement. As evidenced by th
Patrick charles is a former marine and now Senior Historian of the u. S. Air force, and now armed in of gun rights to concealed carry, thanks for being with us. Thank you, steve. Glad to be here. Let me begin with the origins of the nra, the National Rifle association. How did the Association Come about and why. Well it came about after the civil war where there was poor marksmanship so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. One is to facilitate and build and grow long range rifle ranges and to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of a working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization, they grew to 1700 by 1929. They are also are, just so you know, built on an english National Rifle association and they were predecessor in 1859 so this is the american version. The only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was this franchise like mod
Learned about the role firearms have played during the course of American History. Welcome to the nra National Firearms museum. Were going to go through the museum and take a look at the history of americans and their firearms. Well start with the earliest precolonial days, go up through current time. Well look at the role firearms have played in terms of the settlement and expansion of america, the goal firearms have played in military and sporting and personal shooting roles. Well see the guns of champions, the guns of president s and heroes, and well see some great pieces of art, firearms engraving on a steel canvas. The National Firearms museum is at nra headquarters in fairfax, virginia. Weve been in this location for about 15. Were custodians of about 7,000 firearms. We have about 3,000 on display here and about a thousand more that the nra National Sporting arms museum in springfield, missouri. What i want people to come away from the museum with beyond the wow, thats a lot of c