- 2015 Co-Founder and Chairman for the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus
- 2013 Co-Founder Minnesota Gun Owners Political Action Committee
About Bryan Strawser
Bryan Strawser is the Chairman of the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus, a state-focused Second Amendment organization whose stated mission is to defend and restore the right to keep and bear arms in Minnesota without compromise. He also chairs the Minnesota Gun Owners PAC and the Minnesota Gun Owners Law Center, the Caucus’s litigation arm. Outside of advocacy, he has more than 25 years of experience in business, crisis and resilience leadership and heads a Minneapolis-based strategic advisory firm. He is an NRA-certified instructor in multiple disciplines and a Minnesota Permit to Carry instructor, and he holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management and an M.A. in International Relations and Contemporary War from King’s College London.
Under his leadership the Caucus has become one of the most active gun rights groups in the state. It was a lead plaintiff in Worth v. Jacobson, which struck down Minnesota’s ban on carry permits for 18- to 20-year-olds; the U.S. Supreme Court declined to disturb that ruling. The group has also challenged a Saint Paul gun ordinance as preempted by state law, contested the state’s binary trigger ban, filed amicus briefs in Second Amendment cases, and opposed semi-automatic firearm and magazine ban proposals in the 2025 and 2026 legislative sessions.
Key Facts
- 2013: Co-founds the Minnesota Gun Owners Political Action Committee
- 2015: Co-founds the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus and becomes its Chairman
- 2023: Named Grassroots Activist of the Year by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
- 2025: Elected to the Second Amendment Foundation Board of Trustees and receives SAF’s Defender of Liberty award
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Sources
- Leadership (Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus)
- About the Caucus (Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus)
- What Is the Caucus? (Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus handout)
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