What has the National Rifle Association ever done to you? The amount of vitriol directed toward this organization that has done nothing wrong is unprecedented, and purely politically driven.
Liberal and leftist politicians hold the NRA up as the ultimate “bogeyman” to their followers. This is supported and driven by a partisan and unapologetic media. Common sense, which is extremely uncommon today, should tell you that a group representing legal and law-abiding gun ownership is in direct opposition to evil men who commit school/mass shootings.
The NRA was started to promote marksmanship[1] and safety. It was founded in 1871.
In the early 1900s the Association participated and promoted youth shooting programs and competitions.
During the 1930s, when Second Amendment rights were being legally challenged, they formed a Legislative Affairs Division.
In the late 1940s, a hunter education program was started also.
The NRA Police Firearms Instructor certification program began in 1960.
With renewed attacks against the Second Amendment in the '70s, the NRA formed the Institute for Legislative Action.
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe program began in 1988 with the goal of teaching young children what to do if they should find or see a firearm. (“Don’t touch. Run away. Tell a grown-up.”)
Currently the NRA helps teach men and women across the country personal safety with their “Refuse to Be a Victim” seminars.
Combined with all these safety programs and their commitment to legal gun owners and legally own firearms, this national organization proves that they are trying to be part of the solution. Short of providing security for every school in this country, there’s not much more we can ask of the NRA in
