Pure lies...

According to the founder 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.


But hey... spin it any way you want....



Yeah... the NRA was sooo concerned about blacks 100 years before the civil rights movement.