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How NRA's True Believers Converted A Marksmanship Group Into A Mighty Gun Lobby

How The NRA Became The Most Powerful Lobby In Washington

In gun lore it’s known as the Revolt at Cincinnati. On May 21, 1977, and into the morning of May 22, a rump caucus of gun rights radicals took over the annual meeting of the National Rifle Association.

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