National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom
| National Rifle Association (NRA) |
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| purpose | Sport shooting, training on firearms |
| Establishment date: | November 16, 1859 |
| Seat : | Bisley (Surrey) , UK |
| Website: | www.nra.uk |
The National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom (NRA) was founded in 1859 at Wimbledon as an organization for sport shooting and training on firearms in the United Kingdom . It is now the umbrella organization for shooting sports in Great Britain. It is not to be confused with the influential National Rifle Association in the United States .
history
The National Rifle Association , founded on November 16, 1859, received a Royal Charter from Queen Victoria in 1890 . In the same year, the National Shooting Center in Bisley, Surrey went into operation. The National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom in the UK is an umbrella organization of shooting sports as a non-profit organization recognized. In 2019, however, the Charity Commission for England and Wales accused the NRA of having violated non-profit requirements with its activities in the recreational sports sector.
literature
- RJ MacDonnell: The National Rifle Association: A Sketch of Its History and Progress, 1859-1876 , 1877
- John Martin: The Transformation of Lowland Game Shooting in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Neglected Metamorphosis. in: International Journal of the History of Sport August 29 (2012): 1141–1158.
- Harvey Osborne Michael Winstanley: Rural and urban poaching in Victorian England. in: Rural History 17.2 (2006): 187-212. on-line
Web links
- www.nra.org Official website of the NRA (English)