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The NRA’s 40-year problem: It chose its leadership and gun-rights zealotry over integrity and a simpler mission

The financial improprieties alleged by New York’s attorney general in her lawsuit against the National Rifle Association remind me of a scandal nearly a century ago. NRA leaders back then, however, handled it differently from the way leaders do today.

Five myths about the National Rifle Association: No, the NRA did not start out as a civil rights organization.

Here are five myths about the NRA’s mission and history — some told by critics, others told by the NRA itself.