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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
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
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