fight4yourguns,
You are right. I think the NRA did not become active in politics untill the 1968(?) gun laws went into effect. That was before my time, but I was given some Rifleman magazines from the late 60' s to the mid 70' s and you can tell as the years go by that they are getting into politics more.
Your Right! The more the Anti Gun movement grew so did the NRA toward politics, they had no choice, and neither do we to help in any way we can.