Friday, March 29, 2024

The NRA is the Oldest Civil Rights Organization in America

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Founded in 1871, the National Rifle Association is the oldest organization in America.

Many may ask, “just what does the term ‘civil rights' mean?”

In Webster's Dictionary, you will find it means: the nonpolitical rights of citizens; especially the rights of personal liberty under the U.S. Constitution.

In other words, the right of Freedom to exercise all rights guaranteed under the Constitution and specifically the Bill of Rights. More specifically, equal protection, regardless of race, religion or other personal traits, characteristics of a person.

fights to protect freedom and the only way to protect freedom is for the people to be armed. That's why the is so important.

Clearly, the only reason the Right to keep and bear is the Second Amendment is because the Founders realized (after they created the First Amendment: freedom of speech, religion,  press, assembly and the right to petition ) that the only way to protect those rights and any right, is for the people to be armed.

You should presume that any government official who wants to take or restrict your firearms rights generally wants to control our lives but needs to disarm us first. You should ask what they are up to that makes them fear an armed society.

The NRA is on the front line fighting for the Second Amendment right to purchase, own, possess and use firearms for all law-abiding citizens. The NRA knows that without the Second Amendment all other rights are meaningless.

The government may pass laws to further protect the rights of the People but may not subvert the Constitution by trying to diminish or disallow the rights guaranteed in the Constitution. That's why law-abiding Americans should be alarmed.

When President talks about banning so-called “assault weapons,” he is actually talking about banning virtually all semi-automatic rifles, shotguns and handguns. The NRA knows it and you should know it.

“Assault weapon” is a fake term intentionally created to fool people.

We remember in 1989 when a lobbyist for the Violence Policy Center (VPC) invented the term “assault weapons” and why. 

He arrogantly told his colleagues that they should go after the AR-15 because of its “menacing looks.” He told them the public was essentially ignorant and would confuse the semi-automatic rifle with fully automatic machine guns and ignorance would increase public support for banning semi-automatic firearms.

Consequently, VPC added the fake term “assault weapon” to other fake terms like “Saturday Night Special” and “Cop Killer Bullets” that gun prohibitionists were forced to abandon when the public realized they were being played and deceived.

NRA has never been fooled by such deceptions.

The National Rifle Association is over 150 years old. NRA has been around long enough that their games of deception don't fool us. NRA has been fighting for freedom longer than many historical monuments have existed or events have occurred. For example:

  • NRA was already six (6) years old when the telephone patent was granted to Alexander Graham Bell.
  • NRA was seven (7) years old when the phonograph patent was granted to Thomas Edison.
  • NRA is eight (8) years older than electric light.
  • By the time the Statue of Liberty was unveiled in New York Harbor, the NRA was already fifteen (15) years old.
  • When the Wright brothers made their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, the NRA was already thirty-two (32) years old.
  • The NRA is fifty-one (51) years older than the Lincoln Memorial and seventy-two (72) years older than the Jefferson Memorial.
  • NRA is older than the Brooklyn Bridge, Ellis Island, Grand Central Station and the Golden Gate Bridge.

Further, there were only thirty-seven (37) states in the Union when the NRA was founded.

The NRA has proudly stood at the forefront of America's tradition of equal rights, civil liberties and freedom long before other organizations took up that noble cause.

We know who we are, what we stand for, what our duties to our country, our flag and our families are, and we certainly know what our Constitution, our Bill of Rights and our Second Amendment mean.

Clearly, the fake term “assault weapon” means every semi-automatic firearm known to man. Don't be fooled by Biden's false rhetoric.

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of American Liberty News.

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Marion P. Hammer
Marion P. Hammer
NRA Past President; First woman President in NRA's history; Current Board member; Nominated by the NRA Nominating Committee; NRA Benefactor member; Legislative consultant/lobbyist; Strong supporter of NRA-ILA; Media spokesperson/debater; Responsible for Florida's pro-gun lobbying/defeating antigun legislation; Author, public speaker and instructor, works with/promotes Junior programs; Unified Sportsmen of Florida Executive Director/43 years; National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association: former Director, Secretary; Former competitive shooter: rifle, pistol; Hunter; Major Awards: NRA-ILA Legislative Achievement; Multiple NRA-ILA Service Awards; CCRKBA's Lifetime Achievement Award; Florida's Outstanding Woman Achievement Award; Florida Women's Hall of Fame, inducted 2005; Sybil Ludington Women's Freedom Award; Roy Rogers "Man of the Year" Award (first woman ever to receive award); American Handgunner Top Ten; National Safety Council's 1993 "Outstanding Community Service Award" for creating NRA's Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program for children; Staunch defender and protector of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.

4 COMMENTS

  1. The right to own firearms for protection, hunting or any other reason is a natural god given right and originally the founders didn’t even think it would be an issue. The Second Amendment was added later because States knew power is so corruptible and wanted protection against the very type of government they had just escaped from.

  2. If the Democrats take control (they will very soon), the second amendment, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution will be done away with, after they stack the Supreme Court and allow over 1 million illegal “voters” into the US every year.
    They have the MSM, the entire Left and the uninformed firmly in their control, as well as politicos in both sides of the aisle. Things will definitely be different, and we will all lose.

  3. I joined the NRA in 1969, when I was selected to join the Ft. Benning Pistol Team (USAMTU). I’m now a Patriot Life Member at the Patron Level, and proud to continue supporting them!

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