Editing National Rifle Association (section)

===1934–1970s===
After the passage of the [[National Firearms Act]] (NFA) of 1934, the first federal gun-control law in the US, the NRA formed its Legislative Affairs Division to update members with facts and analysis of upcoming bills.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kessel |first1=W. |title=Why we are losing the war on gun violence in the United States |date=2021 |publisher=Springer, Cham |location=Cham, Switzerland |isbn=9783030555122}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ruhl |first1=Jesse M. |last2=Rizer |first2=Arthur L. |last3=Wiel |first3=Mikel J. |title=Gun Control: Targetting Rationality in a Loaded Debate |journal=Kansas Journal of Law & Public Policy |date=2003 |volume=13 |page=417}}</ref> [[Karl Frederick]], NRA president in 1934, during congressional NFA hearings testified "I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I seldom carry one. I have when I felt it was desirable to do so for my own protection. I know that applies in most of the instances where guns are used effectively in self-defense or in places of business and in the home. I do not believe in the general promiscuous toting of guns. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jilani|first1=Zaid|title=For Most of Its History, The NRA Actually Backed Sensible Gun Regulation|url=http://boldprogressives.org/2013/01/for-most-of-its-history-the-nra-actually-backed-sensible-gun-regulation/|access-date=September 20, 2015}}</ref> Four years later, the NRA backed the [[Federal Firearms Act of 1938]].<ref name=Gerhart>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/gun-control-1968/ |title=How the NRA transformed from marksmen to lobbyists |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=May 29, 2018 |access-date=May 31, 2018 |last1=Gerhart |first1=Ann |last2=Alcantara |first2=Chris}}</ref>

The NRA supported the NFA along with the [[Gun Control Act of 1968]] (GCA), which together created a system to federally license gun dealers and established restrictions on particular [[Title II weapons|categories and classes]] of firearms.<ref name=Lepore2012>{{cite magazine |author=Jill Lepore |author-link=Jill Lepore |date=April 23, 2012 |title=Battleground America: One nation, under the gun |url=https://newyorker.com/reporting/2012/04/23/120423fa_fact_lepore?currentPage=all |magazine=[[The New Yorker]]}}</ref> The organization opposed a national firearms registry, an initiative favored by then-President [[Lyndon Johnson]].<ref name=Gerhart />