Licenses Quotes
This license was issued for Spain in 1517 shortly after he was crowned. This was the beginning of the Slave Trade where Spain shipped kidnapped Africans as slaves to the West Indies.
In modern times this would appear to be a most reasonable approach to quality and doctrinal control within a church. But keep in mind that these were to be promulgated by Catholic Kings and become the civil law of the land as well as the religious. So the Catholic Bishops were granted control of who could preach in any church in the Bishopric. The power of the state was there to back up the Bishops with criminal laws and law enforcement. This together with the Inquisition would counter the forces of Reformation—Protestants.
The National Rifle Association was Founded by men who were distressed that young men from the cities were so unskilled with firearms when the served in the Civil War that they thought that there should be an organization devoted to teaching the skilled use of firearms in case of another war. Frederick, the President, was himself a skilled marksman having won several of the shooting events in the Olympics. The officers and the organization in the early days and received free ammunition from the Federal Government with which to train and certify young men in shooting accuracy. The organization, alarmed at the high rage of gun accidents causing death and serious injury added gun safety to their program and this was followed by teaching and certifying Hunting Safety as well. Their vision was that marksmanship and safety through their courses and programs would be implemented by schools, camps, scouts, clubs and other intermediary organizations which were certified by the NRA.
