The National Rifle Association was founded in 1871 by Union veterans Col. George Wingate to promote rifle uses in a scientific method. The goal was to create shooting ranges and make use of guns more of a sport. The NRA has come a long way and gun ranges can be found all over the country. There are nearly 6,000 people participating in firearm competitions around the nation. Another goal of the NRA was to promote safety and make sure only qualified people are capable of carrying or owning a firearm. NRA members have been educating the public since the beginning of how to hunt with safety and spend the extra money to make sure guns are in the right hands. The NRA created a Legislative Affairs Division in 1934 to fight for the second amendment remarks being made. The Legislative Affairs Division helped fight for the right to bare arms when in need at ones home.
The involvement of the NRA occurs with helping Britain in WWII, collecting more then 7,000 firearms to defend them from the German's. Britain at the time did not have the amount of firearms because of control laws enacted and appreciated the great deal of help from the NRA. After the NRA helped with WWII they began to focus on educating and training for hunting purposes. This was started in the state of New York by educating young hunters due to the rising interest in hunting. This occurred in 1949 and is still around becoming one of the safest sports there are. Basic skills are taught as well as advanced and today there are 43 states allowing these courses to be taught and almost 40,000 gamesmen.
Other involvements were with training policemen in firearms and basic training. The NRA developed people to become policemen and now there are over 10,000 trainers continuing the tradition to make are policemen the best they can be and well trained. They are still the leader in firearms training and hold competitions for policemen to compete and better themselves.