Patrick charles is a former marine and now senior historian for the u. S. Air force and the author of the book armed in america, a history of gun rights from colonial militias to conceal and carry. Thanks for being with us on cspan 3s american history tv. 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 . They came about after the civil war, where there was poor marksmenship through the war, so two officers decided to form the nra with two purposes. One is to facilitate, build and grow long Range Rifle ranges and the other one is to assist the state and national guards in marksmenship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government, they started off with one organization, it grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are just so you know built, and there was a english national Rifle Association and that was a predecessor built in 1959 this was s
Soldiers during the war, so two officers decided to form the nra out of New York for two purposes. One is to facilitate and grow long Range Rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state national guards in mark manship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the 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 english national rifle association, and they were that was the predecessor in 1859. This was supposed to be the american version. The other thing that really differentiated the two to start off with was the franchise model, you could start and build a Rifle Club locally or statewide and then you were an nra affiliated Rifle Club more or less. Those Rifle Clubs would then compete in state, local and national shooting matches. Based on your research would the early founders of the nra recognize the Organization Today in 2020 . Oh, not at all. The
Marine and now senior historian for the u. S. Air force and the author of the book armed in america, a history of gun rights from wishes to conceal carry. Thanks for being with us on cspan 3s american history tv. 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 . They came about after the civil war, where there was poor through the war, so two officers decided to form the nra with two purposes. One is to facilitate, build and grow long Range Rifle ranges and the other one is to assist the state and national guards. The nra initially just so you know was kind of working to get appropriations from the government, they started off with one organization, it grew to 1700 by 1929. They also are just so you know built, and there was a english national Rifle Association and there was a predecessor built in 1950 nights of this was supposed to be the american version. The only thing that differe
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