Col. William C. Church (August 11, 1836 – May 23, 1917) – 1861–62 Washington correspondent of the New York Times
– 1863 Founded the Army and Navy Journal
– 1866 co-founded Galaxy Magazine, which published the early writings of Mark Twain
– 1870 one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum of Art – 1871 co-founder of the National Rifle Association – 1872 Second president of the National Rifle Association – 1882 commissioner to inspect the Northern Pacific Railroad – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Conant_Church
Gen. George Wingate (July 1, 1840 – March 22, 1928)
– – 1871 co-founder of the National Rifle Association – 1872 Author – Manual for Rifle Practice
– 1886 to 1900 president of the National Rifle Association
– 1903 first President of the Public Schools Athletic League PSAL
Gen. Ambrose Burnside (May 23, 1824 – September 13, 1881) – 1843-1847 United States Military Academy – graduated 18th in a class of 47 – 1847–1853 Mexican–American War (1st Lieutenant) – 1853 manufactured the Burnside carbine – 1861 – 1865 Civil War, Major General – 1866-1869 Governor of Rhode Island – 1871 NRA’s first President – 1875-1881 U.S. Senator from Rhode Island – His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns
Warren Page (1910 – Jan 22,1977) – 1931 Graduated from Harvard
– WWII Lieutenant in Navy, Gunnery Instructor
– 1947-1974 Shooting Editor for Field & Stream – 1958 Awarded the Weatherby Big Game Trophy – 1960 Created the First National Conference on the Shooting Sports
– Founded National Bench Rest Shooting Championship – 1972 Director of National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – first living American to be named to the Hunting Hall of Fame
John David Dingell Jr.
(born July 8, 1926)
– 1955 – 2015 United States House of Representatives
– 1968 Urged the NRA to fight for 2nd Amendment rights
– former board member of the National Rifle Association
– For many years, Dingell received an A+ rating from the NRA
Hubert Leon “Bill” Richardson (December 28, 1927) – served in the United States Navy in World War II
– 1975 founded The Gun Owners of America(GOA)
– founded of Gun Owners of California – 1966-1989 California state senator – Chair the Senate Fish and Game Committee – NRA director
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Richardson
Larry Pratt (November 13, 1942)
– 1976 executive director Gun Owners of America
– 1980–1981 Virginia House of Delegates 19th district
– Reagan delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention
– Author: Armed People Victorious (1990) – Author: Safeguarding Liberty: The Constitution and Citizen Militias (1995) – Author: On the Firing Line: Essays in the Defense of Liberty (2001)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Pratt
Clifford “Neal” Knox (June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005) – 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968
– 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt – 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) – 1984 Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition – founding editor of Gun Week – editor of Handloader Magazine – founding editor of Rifle Magazine – – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox
Chris Knox – Son of “Neal” Knox – Co-Maintains FirearmsCoalition.org and GunVoter.org – Compiled and edited, The Gun Rights War
– Interview
John Lott (May 8, 1958) – Ph.D. in economics from UCLA
– Economist, political commentator, and gun rights advocate
– 1997 study analyzed crime rates in 3,000 U.S. counties following passage of concealed carry laws during the past two decades
– Concealed carry laws had resulted in significant crime reductions
– 2013 founded the Crime Prevention Research Center
– The War On Guns: Arming Yourself Against Gun Control Lies
– More Guns, Less Crime – The Bias Against Guns – Freedomnomics
– https://CrimeResearch.org
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lott
Dave Workman
– senior editor at TheGunMag.com
– communications director Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
– former NRA Board of Directors
Charles Heller – Host of Liberty Watch Radio
– Co-founder of The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AZCDL)
– Media coordinator for AzCDL
– Former executive director of Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO)
– Media coordinator for JPFO
– Arizona concealed weapons instructor for 22 years
– Has visited 25 of the 28 submarines on display in the U.S – (and visited 2 not on display, and worked on one as a kid)
Doug Ritter – 2006 Founded Knife Rights – Chairman of Knife Rights
Todd Rathner
– 2014 president of the NFA Freedom Alliance
– Director of Legislative Affairs for Knife Rights
Craig DeLuz
– Communications Director for the California Association of Federal Firearms Licensees (Cal-FFL)
– http://CraigDeLuz.com
Doug Krick – 2000 Founded Pink Pistols
Nicki Stallard
– spokeswoman for Pink Pistols
– social, outreach and training coordinator for the state of California
– San Jose Pink Pistol coordinator
– https://gunfreedomradio.com/guests/nicki-stallard/
Elmer Stewart Rhodes – U.S. Army Airborne Veteran (Disabled and Retired) – 2004 Graduate of Yale Law School – 2009 Founder and National President of Oath Keepers
– http://oathkeepers.org
Tim Schmidt
2003 – Founded USCCA (United States Concealed Carry Association)
Dudley Brown (1965) – 1996 founded (and executive director) of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners – president National Association of Gun Rights NAGR – 2014 NAGR Revenue $12,451,900
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley_Brown
Proponents of the “Standard Model” Interpretation of the Second Amendment – five “inner circle”
Authors, Second Amendment Attorneys, Political Scientists, Second Amendment Researchers, and Gun Rights Advocates
Alan Gura – 2008 successfully argued District of Columbia v. Heller before the United States Supreme Court
– successfully argued McDonald v. Chicago.before the United States Supreme Court
– born in Israel
– came to the United States when he was 7 with his family
Dave Kopel – January 7, 1960
– 2008 appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court .presenting the oral argument in District of Columbia v. Heller
– His Heller amicus brief was cited four times in the Court’s Heller opinions
– His brief in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) was cited by Justice Alito’s plurality opinion, and twice by Justice – Stevens’ dissent
Dick Heller – took his 2A-based legal case all the way to the Supreme Court of the United States – His case impacted the legal interpretation of the Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the US Constitution, the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm, unconnected with service in a militia
David Codrea – 1999 writer for GUNS & AMMO magazine – writer for HANDGUNS magazine – writer for 2009-2018 GUNS magazine
– 2011 “Journalist of the Year” by the 2nd Amendment Foundation
– 2011 Soldier of Fortune Magazine’s “2nd Amendment Freedom Fighter Award”
– 2014 Defender of Liberty by the Second Amendment Foundation
Dr. Paula Bratich
– co-coordinator of the Second Amendment Sisters
Karl T. Frederick
– 1934 NRA leader
– “I have never believed in the general practice of carrying weapons. I think it should be sharply restricted and only under licenses.”
Franklin Orth
– 1963, NRA Executive Vice President
– backed the banning of mail-order sales
– supported state legislation prohibiting “open carry” in public places
Kenyon Ballew
– longtime NRA member
– 1971, federal agents shot and paralyzed during a gun raid at his home in Maryland
Charles Heller
(1956)
– son of a law-enforcement officer and grandson of a judge
– 1978 moved to Arizona
– 2002 Liberty Watch Radio & America Armed & Free Radio Show
– 2005 One of the Four co-founders of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
– 2011-2013 excec Director of JPFO
– Currently Media Co-Ordinator for AzCDL & JPFO
Dick Heller – A licensed special police officer for the District of Columbia.
– Heller carried a gun in federal office buildings, but was not allowed to have one in his home
– Robert A. Levy and Alan Gura were counsel for Heller
– 1984 founded the “Children’s Birthright Trust Fund” – a charity that supports and raises funds for youth projects, such as computer access
– 2004 until 2011 served as the Treasurer of the D.C. Libertarian Party
Otis McDonald – 1933 – April 4, 2014
– 2010 Chicago prohibited him from owning a handgun, so Otis sued and eventually overturned the handgun ban
– McDonald v Chicago