build a rifle club, statewide and you were a nra affiliated rifle club and they would compete in stoughton local , -- state and local, national shooting matches. steve: would they recognize the nra now in 2020? mr. charles: oh, not at all. the organization was not intended to be political in any way. i think you can say as late as the mid-1960's, the heads of not seeanization could what the in array has become today. one, it became a political organization, not focused on mentoring thend national guard. in the 1950's and 1960's, the they did not said want to be a partisan organization. that would be a disservice to the nra and the merck and people. however, we know today they are closely intertwined and bootstrapped with the republican party. it was a patchwork of gun laws back then and today. how does that influence or the nra?e role of mr. charles: it depends on when you're talking about. early on, the federal government was not involved in gun laws at all. they were state, primarily local. dealers,s would govern shooting guns. the local laws would govern minor to the town. that continue