- Author at The Liberal Gun Club
- Lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Vice President of the Liberal Gun Club, California Chapter
- member of the DC Project – California
- Girl and a Gun in the San Francisco Bay area chapter
- amateur competitor in shotgun and rimfire
The Daily Bullet – Lara Smith – The Liberal Gun Club
Dec 28, 2020
Liberal Gun Club
- 2008 – Created
- 501c4 non-profit.
- Has a pro-Second Amendment position on gun ownership
Lara at the 2019 Gun Rights Policy Conference
About Lara Smith
Lara Smith is a San Francisco Bay Area attorney and one of the best-known public voices of the Liberal Gun Club, a pro-Second Amendment organization for left-of-center and moderate gun owners. She has served as the club’s national spokesperson and, by 2023, as its communications director. In a December 2016 NPR interview, she reported a spike in inquiries and a 10 percent membership increase after the presidential election, explained that the club focuses on education and does not endorse candidates, and noted that she ran a women’s shooting league in the Bay Area.
At SHOT Show 2023, Smith told SHOT TV that the club offers certified trainers, safety programs and a judgment-free setting for new shooters, and argued that the Second Amendment belongs to the whole Constitution rather than to any one party. Her message matters to gun owners because it widens the base of support for gun rights beyond traditional political lines. The Liberal Gun Club itself was founded in 2008 as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit; it had about 1,200 members in 2014 and, according to NPR reporting cited by Wikipedia, 4,500 members in chapters across 30 states as of November 2025. California is its largest chapter.
Key Facts
- 2008: The Liberal Gun Club is founded as a pro-Second Amendment 501(c)(4) nonprofit.
- December 25, 2016: Smith, as club spokesperson, discusses post-election membership growth on NPR.
- 2019: Smith speaks at the Gun Rights Policy Conference.
- January 2023: Smith, communications director and national spokesperson, is interviewed on SHOT TV at SHOT Show 2023; the club reports chapters in 33 states.
- November 2025: The club reports 4,500 members and chapters in 30 states.
Learn More
Sources
- Gun Club For Liberals Says More People Are Joining Post-Election (NPR, 2016)
- SHOT Show Rewind: The Liberal Gun Club National Spokesperson Lara Smith (NSSF, 2023)
- Liberal Gun Club (Wikipedia)
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