NRA founded by Union General and Colonel to Promote and Encourage "Rifle-Shooting on a Scientific Basis"
by Jude Cowell
After the Civil War, Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate were disappointed over the "lack of marksmanship shown by their troops" so they founded the National Rifle Association for the betterment of shooting guns. Guess not enough Confederates had been maimed or

