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Source: ThinkProgress

5-3-13

Incoming NRA president calls Civil War the "War Of Northern Aggression"

"The NRA was started, 1871, right here in New York state. It was started by some Yankee generals who didn’t like the way my southern boys had the ability to shoot in what we call the 'War of Northern Aggression.' Now, y’all might call it the Civil War, but we call it the War of Northern Aggression down south."

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Incoming NRA president calls Civil War the "War Of Northern Aggression"