National Rifle Association

The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a highly organized 501(c)(4) group for gun promotion in the United States. It sponsors firearm safety training courses, as well as shooting skills and sports. The organization is sometimes considered to be the most powerful single non-profit organization in the United States and was established in New York in 1871 as the 'American Rifle Association'. It often refers to itself as the oldest civil rights organization in the U.S., defining gun ownership as a civil right protected by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights.

External links

• Official website (US)
• NRA News (Video features)
• NRA Institute for Legislative Action
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• StoptheNRA.com (an anti-NRA website)
• Powerful Gun Lobby Takes Aim With First Jewish Leader by Josh Richman published in The Forward, August 19, 2005