Before 1977, NRA helped craft Gun Control Laws!! Then they started opposing the gun laws they helped write.

A bit of the article:
Ihttp://www.alternet.org/suprising-unknown-history-nra?akid=9921.294211.LSmuOs&rd=1&src=newsletter776253&t=2

In the early 1920s, the National Revolver Association—the NRA’s handgun training counterpart—proposed model legislation for states that included requiring a permit to carry a concealed weapon, adding five years to a prison sentence if a gun was used in a crime, and banning non-citizens from buying a handgun. They also proposed that gun dealers turn over sales records to police and created a one-day waiting period between buying a gun and getting it—two provisions that the NRA opposes today.

http://www.alternet.org/suprising-unknown-history-nra?akid=9921.294211.LSmuOs&rd=1&src=newsletter776253&t=2