Reagan was a member of the NRA when he signed the legislation but that doesn't mean the NRA endorsed it.
In fact, even The Washington Post admitted it was the NRA's refusal to condemn this and other similar legislation which lead to NRA members taking over the leadership and radically transforming a group primarily focused on hunting, conservation, gun safety and marksmanship into the civil rights lobby juggernaut it is today.
How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
Mr. Gordon Powers appeared on KABC-TV and purported to represent the 34th District of the California Republican Assembly as well as the NRA, and stated his opposition to Mulford.
Questions- Do you oppose the NRA and want it disbanded? Do you agree with the State of New York's attempts to take down the NRA?
The NRA was in full support of the Mulford Act specifically to disarm blacks in 1967.
If true, you didn’t provide a source, then they did a complete 180 from their policy of 1867.
NRA didn’t exist in 1867
I am off on the year, but they organized post civil war to help blacks defend themselves.
You sure that wasn't a typo?
The NRA even helped draft the bill. https://sites.law.duke.edu/secondthoughts/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/04/Ted-Sloan-Notes-1967-Mulford-Papers.pdf
It's sad when even Redditors know you're fake news. Kek.
https://old.reddit.com/r/Firearms/comments/gg18d5/fyi_the_nra_never_supported_the_mulford_act_there/
Is that after "mUh PaRtY sWiTcH" happened?
Reagan was a member of the NRA when he signed the legislation but that doesn't mean the NRA endorsed it.
In fact, even The Washington Post admitted it was the NRA's refusal to condemn this and other similar legislation which lead to NRA members taking over the leadership and radically transforming a group primarily focused on hunting, conservation, gun safety and marksmanship into the civil rights lobby juggernaut it is today.
How NRA’s true believers converted a marksmanship group into a mighty gun lobby
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-nras-true-believers-converted-a-marksmanship-group-into-a-mighty-gun-lobby/2013/01/12/51c62288-59b9-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html
Archived link - https://archive.ph/Tc5Hx
Sauce
https://sites.law.duke.edu/secondthoughts/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/04/Ted-Sloan-Notes-1967-Mulford-Papers.pdf
Ted Sloan is not the NRA...
Mr. Gordon Powers appeared on KABC-TV and purported to represent the 34th District of the California Republican Assembly as well as the NRA, and stated his opposition to Mulford.
Questions- Do you oppose the NRA and want it disbanded? Do you agree with the State of New York's attempts to take down the NRA?