While the U.S. Army's Model 1903 Springfield rifle is one of the most well-recognized small arms of the 20th century, a ...

If it hadn’t been for ex-president and NRA Life member Theodore Roosevelt ... chambered, sporterized M1903 Springfield rifle that Roosevelt took on his famous expedition to the Dark Continent.

for an examination of gun culture, for an end to the NRA’s powerful and seemingly unbreakable political influence. Facing that torrent, it might seem logical for the country’s most powerful ...

Up until the late 1960s and 1970s, the NRA was viewed as willing to compromise on gun laws. That largely ended after the Gun Control Act of 1968 was enacted. Some members pushed back, worried that ...