History of the NRA
Keith Homan // Shutterstock
History of the NRA
Corbis // Getty Images
1871: NRA is created
Paul Thompson // Getty Images
1872: NRA buys first rifle range
Kirn Vintage Stock // Getty Images
1920s: Arm of NRA proposes requiring permits
Keystone-France // Getty Images
1934: NRA helps draft National Firearms Act
Imagno // Getty Images
1938: NRA backs Federal Firearms Act
Bettmann // Getty Images
1967: California bans open carry
Bettmann // Getty Images
1968: NRA limits Gun Control Act
Duane Howell // Getty Images
1971: NRA creates lobbying arm
FPG // Getty Images
1977: Hardliner takes control of NRA
Bettmann // Getty Images
1980: NRA backs Reagan for president
Consolidated News Pictures // Getty Images
1986: NRA wins rollback of gun sale restrictions
Jean-Erick PASQUIER // Getty Images
1993: NRA challenges passage of Brady Bill
Kim Kulish // Getty Images
1994: NRA opposes restrictions on semiautomatic weapons
John Preito // Getty Images
1999: After Columbine, NRA continues to oppose waiting periods
mark peterson // Getty Images
2000: ‘From my cold dead hands’
Gilles Mingasson // Getty Images
2004: Federal assault weapon ban expires
The White House // Getty Images
2005: NRA helps win immunity for gun manufacturers
David Howells // Getty Images
2006: NRA opposes confiscating guns during emergencies
Chip Somodevilla // Getty Images
2012: NRA rejects gun controls after Sandy Hook massacre
AFP // Getty Images
2013: NRA blocks assault weapon ban
Chip Somodevilla // Getty Images
2018: “March for Our Lives” confronts NRA
Scott Olson // Getty Images
2019: NRA faces upheaval in leadership
Mikhail Japaridze // Getty Images
2019: Russian activist tries to infiltrate NRA
Drew Angerer // Getty Images
2020: New York attorney general seeks to dissolve NRA
mark peterson // Getty Images
2021: NRA fails in bankruptcy bid
Joe Raedle // Getty Images
