What is the NRA? (was: Re: Tube/Valve Amp Noise)

In article <64b83eF2ar64uU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
 "Trevor Wilson" <trevor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

> **Of course the rest of the world (and a handful of thinking Americans)
can 
> see how the NRA manipulates the political system and the minds of the 
> majority of Americans into thinking that sane gun control is a bad
thing. 
> They fail to note the outstanding success of recent gun controls here in

> Australia, however. The really sad thing, is that the NRA was once a
rather 
> proud and noble organisation, which actually was helpful in forcing 
> political change in the US in the first half of last Century. Sometime
in 
> the 1960s, however, their purpose was subverted by gun and ammunition 
> manufacturers for a darker purpose. Profit. 

So what is this "NRA" you speak of?  As far as I know it was one of 
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal agencies, the "National 
Recovery Administration", which was charged with implementing monetary 
inflation and a planned economy in the US.  What is the connection 
between the NRA and guns?  Here is a link to the emblem of the agency:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NewDealNRA.jpg


Regards,

John Byrns

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