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Harlon Carter had a dark secret in his past but that didn’t stop his NRA takeover

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1 min readNov 1, 2017

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Harlon Carter died in 1991, but his legacy is very much alive. Carter was a main leader of the “revolt in Cincinnati,” when the NRA’s traditional leadership—then focused on hunting and sportsmanship—were overthrown. Carter led the organization into a new era, transforming it into the lobbying behemoth it is today.

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