"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." There it is, in black and white: That's what the Founding Fathers wanted for their fledgling country. It isn't, however, what they gave us. We Americans are born with these rights. The Bill of Rights simply protects them.
The trouble is that over the centuries since those words were written, multiple special-interest groups began trying to ignore the final clause of the Second Amendment, relentlessly chipping away at "shall not be infringed." That's why your NRA created the NRA-ILA, the NRA Institute for Legislative Action. For 50 years, we've fought to preserve your rights at the local, state, and national level. As you watch this celebratory video, ask yourself what America's gun rights might have looked like without NRA-ILA doing the work we do ... and join us, if you can.
