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minus-squareklu9linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIIRC the (US) NRA started out created by unionists in New York State who wanted to make sure patriotic citizens had good gun skills in case white supremacists again betrayed the United States of America. Then it was taken over in the 1970s by a racist killer from Texas, and with its recent legal transfer from NY to TX is now completing its transformation into the exact opposite of everything it was created for. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-teen-killer-who-radicalized-the-nra/
IIRC the (US) NRA started out created by unionists in New York State who wanted to make sure patriotic citizens had good gun skills in case white supremacists again betrayed the United States of America.
Then it was taken over in the 1970s by a racist killer from Texas, and with its recent legal transfer from NY to TX is now completing its transformation into the exact opposite of everything it was created for.