Article II, NRA Bylaws

The following is an unpaid service announcement to remind the National Rifle Association of America, of its “purposes and objectives”, which for 91 years it’s failed miserably at. I draw special attention to Article II’s repeated use of the ‘m’ word- “militia”. And to “safe handling and efficient use of small arms;“, as I do not see any mention of the words “firearms”, “guns”, “pistols”, “rifles”, or “shotguns”. And, the ending is unambiguous, “all actions necessary and proper“… Will the leadership of the NRA read Article II of their very own Bylaws and stop being mere prags?

NRA Bylaws, as amended January 7, 2023…

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Article II

Purposes And Objectives

The purposes and objectives of the National Rifle Association of America are:

1. To protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, especially with reference to the God-given inalienable right of the individual American citizen guaranteed by such Constitution to acquire, possess, collect, exhibit, transport, carry, transfer ownership of, and enjoy the right to use, keep and bear arms, in order that the people may exercise their individual rights of self-preservation and defense of family, person, and property, and to serve in the militia of all law-abiding men and women for the defense of the Republic and the individual liberty of the citizens of our communities, our states and our great nation;
2. To promote public safety, law and order, and the national defense;
3. To train members of law enforcement agencies, the armed forces, the National Guard, the militia, and people of good repute in marksmanship and in the safe handling and efficient use of small arms;
4. To foster, promote and support the shooting sports, including the advancement of amateur and junior competitions in marksmanship at the local, state, regional, national, international, and Olympic levels;
5. To promote hunter safety, and to promote and defend hunting as a shooting sport, for subsistence, and as a viable and necessary method of fostering the propagation, growth and conservation, and wise use of our renewable wildlife resources.

The Association may take all actions necessary and proper in the furtherance of these purposes and objectives.

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Let’s not continue down this path…