A Brief History of the NRA
Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their troops, Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in 1871. The primary goal of the association would be to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis," according to a magazine editorial written by Church.
After being granted a charter by the state of New York on November 17, 1871, the NRA was founded. Civil War Gen. Ambrose Burnside, who was also the former governor of Rhode Island and a U.S. senator, became the fledgling NRA's first president.
An important facet of the NRA's creation was the development of a practice ground. In 1872, with financial help from New York State, a site on Long Island, the Creed Farm, was purchased for the purpose of building a rifle range. Named Creedmoor, the range opened a year later, and it was there that the first annual matches were held.
[source : About the NRA, National Rifle Association, https://home.nra.org/about-the-nra/, Accessed : 21st August 2019]
There is absolutely no mention of the KKK or slavery in the official NRA history of the NRA.
According to the NRA, the NRA was created to improve marksmanship. And it all happened in North East USA.
In fact, there are articles that suggest that the NRA helped to keep coloured people unarmed while white people were allowed to be armed.
Has Rex got this NRA bollocks off his Confederate dad, Alex?
Will Rex start blaming the Chi-Comms for everything? And after smoking a joint live on Info-whores?
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