[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

No, it wasn’t! The NRA was founded to teach Northerners returning from the Civil War better firearms training. It was *not* founded to help blacks defend themselves.

[Steve Van Doorn]

said, "The NRA was founded to teach Northerners returning from the Civil War better firearms training. "

The training was set up to help train the militia for future wars and/or insurrection. The Klan was clearly insurrection among the democrats which formed the same year the NRA was formed.