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The Evolution of Federal Gun Legislation and the NRA's Transformation
The Gun Control Act of 1968 imposed restrictions on shipping guns across state lines to individual buyers and prohibited the sale of guns to certain groups of people. These regulations set the stage for the NRA to reshape the country's conversation about guns. The NRA, originally founded to help Americans improve their shooting skills, initially supported gun control measures, but its stance began to change in 1977.