[jmacusa]

All due respect ‘’Old Devil Dog’’ but can you provide evidence of that? If indeed that was the case certainly a by-product of the NRA was in doing just what this video explains.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"All due respect ‘’Old Devil Dog’’ but can you provide evidence of that?"

This is pretty easy evidence to find...

From their own website:

http://www.nrahq.org/history.asp

"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."

Also found at other sites here:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/timeline-of-the-nra/2013/01/12/351bcb26-5b9c-11e2-beee-6e38f5215402_story.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association