** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. **
Currently 34 states have provisions for early voting and three have an all-mail voting system. For the latest information on candidates and a guide to better-informed ballot decisions, NRA members can visit the website of the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF), NRA’s political action committee. The NRA-PVF grades political candidates on the issue of gun rights—irrespective of party affiliation—based on voting records, public statements and their responses to an NRA-PVF questionnaire. For more, visit nrapvf.org .
Among the machine guns used by all the powers involved in World War I, the Austrian Schwarzlose is often forgotten. But this simple, reliable arm saw service for more than 20 years across two world wars.
For the Union Army during the American Civil War, its officers and cavalry troopers relied on one of Colt's most notable firearms: the 1860 Army revolver.