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reports · high · dan friesen · 00:12:06
Knowledge Fight · #47: June 19-July 5, 2015
The NRA was formed by Union veterans to promote rifle shooting on a scientific basis due to poor marksmanship.
nra history national rifle association organization

The NRA's website says, quote, Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their troops, Union veterans Colonel William C. Church and General George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in 1871. The primary goal of the association would be to, quote, promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis.