Girls Guide to Guns founder Natalie Foster's first visit to the NRA

Fairfax, Virginia - We first met Natalie Foster at the 2009 SHOT Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Big smile, happy laugh, full of excitement and anticipation over her new venture, Girls Guide to Guns. To quote from their website, "If one day Vogue and Guns & Ammo Magazine fell madly in love, got married and had babies, we would be their favorite child." So yes, she has quite the unique outlook on the shooting sports.

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Sign up for NRA's 2012 National Police Shooting Championships

Fairfax, Virgina - The time has come for the best shots in Law Enforcement to gather in Albuquerque. That means county, municipal, state, military and other qualified professionals (Not sure if you qualify for NRA's National Police Shooting Championships? Take a look) need to make plans for New Mexico but soon. Retirees too!

But the first thing you need to do is register. Sure, a vacation in Albuquerque come September can be fun, but if given the opportunity to display some of your skills and walk away with a few prizes isn't a bad way to spend a few days either. Just go to the NRA's National Police Shooting Championships webpage and click register in the first big line of blue.

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Only 400 revolvers made before Smith & Wesson enforces patent

Fairfax, Virginia - Phil Schreier likes to make a splash when standing before the bright lights of NRANews. As Senior Curator for the National Firearms Museum, we've come to expect the same. A beautiful gun. A powerful gun. An unorthodox rarity that few have seldom seen. Something like the E.A. Prescott revolver.

"It's a .38 revolver," started Schreier. "Most would not guess that it is a Civil War period gun because there are no telltale percussion cones on the cylinder."

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Fairfax, Virginia -Today marks the 140th birthday of the National Rifle Association, and it's hard not to take a look back at the history of how we got to the place we are today. What started as a marksmanship training effort following the Civil War has evolved into the leading defender in Americans' right to keep and bear arms. Help celebrate the NRA's birthday today by becoming more involved in one of our many programs. From attending a local Friends of NRA Banquet, to trying your hand at competitive shooting, introducing a young person to hunting, or obtaining your concealed carry permit after taking an NRA firearms training course, NRA has a a way for every person to exercise their Second Amendment rights. So join us in wishing NRA a happy birthday, and help us preserve the same rights we've been protecting since 1871.

Dismayed by the lack of marksmanship shown by their troops, Union veterans Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate formed the National Rifle Association in 1871. The primary goal of the association would be to "promote and encourage rifle shooting on a scientific basis," according to a magazine editorial written by Church.