National Rifle Association
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship, the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency. The organization also publishes several magazines and sponsors competitive marksmanship events. According to the NRA, it had nearly 5 million members as of December 2018, though that figure has not been independently confirmed.
William Conant Church, one of the NRA's founders
Ambrose Burnside, Union Army general, Governor of Rhode Island, and first president of the NRA
Ulysses S. Grant served as President of the NRA from 1883 (six years after he left office) to 1884.
Chris W. Cox, the NRA's former chief lobbyist and political strategist, in March 2016
A marksman is a person who is skilled in precision shooting. In modern military usage this typically refers to the use of projectile weapons such as an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges.
An American marksman looks for enemy activity along the hilltops near Dur Baba District, Afghanistan (2006)
A soldier with a G28 of the German Army
Marksmen competing in Australia
A British soldier aims on a shooting range in Iraq, 29 July 2006.
