Jerry Patterson

November 15, 1946

  • 1969 Texas A&M University
  • 1972 volunteered for duty in Vietnam
  • 1993 retireed from the Marine Corps Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel 
  • 1993 – 1999 Texas State Senator
  • 1995 sponsored and shepherded a number of Texas CHL bills
  • 1997 successful effort and the equally important Texas CHL revision
  • 2003 – 2015 27th Land Commissioner of Texas
  • June 5, 2007 named “Texan of the Year” by Celebrate Texas

Hubert Leon “Bill” Richardson

December 28, 1927 –  January 13, 2020 (92)

  • Born in Terre Haute, Indiana
  •  married to his beloved late wife Barbara for 57 years
  • served in the United States Navy in World War II
  • – 1975 founded The Gun Owners of America (GOA)
  • – founded Gun Owners of California
  • – 1966-1989 California state senator
    career was primarily focused on the preservation and protection of the Second Amendment
  • – Chair the Senate Fish and Game Committee
  • extraordinary hunter and dedicated to the conservation of California game
  • – NRA board of director
  • Author: “Confrontational Politics” 
  • – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Richardson