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National Rifle Association
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National Rifle Association
National Rifle Association logo
Formation November 1871
Headquarters Fairfax, Virginia
Membership 4.3 million[1]
Website http://www.nra.org/

This article concerns the National Rifle Association of the USA. For the UK organisation, see National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom

The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a non-profit (501(c)(4)) group dedicated to the protection of the Second Amendment of the United States Bill of Rights and the promotion of firearm ownership rights, marksmanship, firearm safety, and the protection of hunting and self-defense in the United States. It was established in New York in 1871 by William Conant Church and George Wood Wingate as the American Rifle Association; its first President was former Senator and famous Civil War Union Army General Ambrose Burnside[2]

The NRA sponsors firearm safety training courses, as well as marksmanship events featuring shooting skills and sports. The NRA is sometimes said to be the single most powerful lobbying organization in the United States.[3] It bases its political activity on the principle that gun ownership is a civil liberty protected by the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights, and claims to be the oldest continuously operating civil liberties organization in the United States. According to its website, the NRA has "more than four million members."[1]

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