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Many people don't know the National Rifle Assn is a civil rights organization founded 1871 to provide rifles to freed slaves so they could protect themselves. It evolved for all US citizens to be able to protect themselves.

Have you any proof for this?
 
Have you any proof for this?

The NRA's own website makes no mention of it:

"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."
 
Exactly. The "provide rifles to freed slaves so they could protect themselves" part sounds like a recent addition to make them sound more politically acceptable rather than being based in reality.
 
This is what I remember reading about the NRA.
 

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