During the war. Two soldiers decided to form the nra. One is to facilitate and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state nascars in marksmanship. The nra initially, just so you know, was kind of working to get appropriations from the government and they started off with one organization. The they grew to 1700 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. The franchise model, you could start and build a rifle club locally or statewide and then you were nrr affiliate. Would the early founders of the nra recognize the Organization Today in 2020 . Oh, not at all. The organization was not at all intended to be political in any way. I think you could even say as late as 19 mid 1960s that the heads of that organization could not see what the nra has become today. The nra, it became a Political Organization, not focussed solely on marksmanship. The second thing i would
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 carries. Thank you 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 organization come about and why . Well, it came about after the civil war where theres poor marksmanship by the Union Solders during the war so two officers formed the nra with two purpose. One is to facilitate, build, and grow long range rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. 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 b
Rights. From colonial militias to sealed carried. Thank you for being here on history tv. Thank you steve glad to be. Here let me begin with the origins of the nra. The National Rifle association, how does the organization come about and why . Well it came about after the civil war and where there is poor marksmanship by the union still soldiers and two officers start to form the nra. For two purposes, one is to facilitate build and grow long range rifle ranges. The other one too was assist the state National Guards and marksmanship. And the nra initially just so you know was kind of a working to get appropriations by the government and they started off with one organization there were 1700 by 19. Gfkc29. They also are just so you know, built on there was the english National Rifles association. And that was a predecessor this was mostly the american version. So the difference in the two to start off with was this franchise like model, and you could start with the rifle club locally or
Cspan3, American History tv. Patrick thank you, steve. let me begin with the origin of the National Rifle association. How did the organization come about and why . Patrick it came about during the civil war. There was poor marksmanship, so two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. Facilitate, build, and grow longrange rifle ranges , and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. 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 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, built on, there was an english National Rifle association. In 1859. A predecessor this is supposed to be the american version. The only thing that differentiated the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle club and those rifle clubs within compete in state, loc
Pet charles is all former marine and Senior Historian for the u. S. Airport and the author of the book armed in america. Patrick charles. Thank you for being with us on cspan. Charles thank you, steve. Let me begin with the origin of the National Rifle association. How did it come about and why . It came back during the civil war. Two officers decided to form the nra based out of new york with two purposes. One was to facilitate and grow longrange rifle ranges and the other was to assist the state National Guards in marksmanship. 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 1700 by 1929. They also are, just so you know, there is an english National Rifle association. This is supposed to be the american version. The only thing differentiating the two to start off with was the franchise like model where you could build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle