Editing National Rifle Association (section)

====Notable members====
Nine US presidents have been NRA members. In addition to Grant, they are: [[Theodore Roosevelt]], [[William Howard Taft]], [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], [[John F. Kennedy]], [[Richard Nixon]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[George H. W. Bush]] (who resigned in 1995), and [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/which-presidents-nra-members-trump-bush-2017-10|title=The 9 US presidents who have been NRA members|last=Gould|first=Sky and Allan Smith|date=October 5, 2017|work=Business Insider|access-date=April 27, 2018}}</ref> Three US vice presidents, two chief justices of the US Supreme Court, and several US congressmen, as well as legislators and officials of state governments are or have been members.<ref>{{cite book |title=The National Rifle Association of America Bylaws |year=2012 |publisher=National Rifle Association of America of America |location= Inside front cover, organization summary}}</ref><ref name="VP Mike Pence">{{cite web |url=https://www.ammoland.com/2016/07/card-carrying-nra-member-mike-pence-is-trumps-vice-president-choice/ |title=NRA Member Mike Pence is Trumps Vice President |publisher=ammoland |date=July 15, 2016}}</ref>

Current or past members also include journalist [[Hunter S. Thompson]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Susman|first=Tina|title=Writer's suicide shocks friends|url=http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushunt224153856feb22,0,4715271.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127024140/http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushunt224153856feb22,0,4715271.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-headlines|archive-date=November 27, 2007|magazine=[[Newsday]] |access-date= August 3, 2012|date=February 22, 2005}}</ref> Oklahoma City bomber [[Timothy McVeigh]],<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/documents/mcveigh/|title= Documents: McVeigh Chronology|publisher=PBS Frontline}}</ref> documentarian [[Michael Moore]] (who joined with the intent of dismantling the organization),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/nov/11/usforeignpolicy.guardianinterviewsatbfisouthbank |title= Guardian/NFT interview: Michael Moore |interviewer= Andrew Collins| first= Michael | last= Moore| newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=November 11, 2002|access-date=August 22, 2011|location=London}}</ref> actor [[Rick Schroder]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://variety.com/2007/dirt/real-estalker/rick-schroders-itty-bitty-beach-shack-1201226523/|title=Rick Schroder's Itty Bitty Beach Shack|first= Mark| last= David|date= July 30, 2007| magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref> and singer [[James Hetfield]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jun/5/nra-member-james-hetfield-under-fire-activists-wan/ |title= NRA member James Hetfield under fire; activists want Metallica's hunter out of Glastonbury Festival |first= Douglas| last= Ernst| date= June 5, 2014 |newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]| access-date= January 18, 2017}}</ref>