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Journalist Smyth debuts with a balanced history of the National Rifle Association (NRA), staring with its founding by former soldiers George Wood Wingate and William Conant Church after the Civil War as an organization dedicated to marksmanship. Smyth shows how the association was initially supportive of gun control, rifle training, and conservation up until the 1970s, until pivotal movements—including the "Cincinnati Revolt" of 1977 along with gun advocate (and convicted ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More