FRANKLIN ORTH
(Franklin Lewis Orth)
Lee Harvey Oswald, the assassin of President John F. Kennedy, had purchased the killing rifle from an ad in the NRA Magazine, The American Rifleman. Congress was debating new gun control legislation that would restrict mail order gun sales. The NRA supported the modest gun control legislation as they had earlier {623081}. . The legislation passed with very heavy support. , the NRA would shift far to the right and would no longer support any reasonable gun legislation whatsoever, regardless of how reasonable.
Franklin Lewis Orth was Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA) from 1959 until his death. In the 1960s, Orth was influential during debates on gun control in the United States. Orth also served as President of the United States Olympic Committee from April 1969 until his death.
