CCDL

Connecticut Citizens Defense League

 a non-partisan, grassroots organization devoted to advocating rights affirmed by the Constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Connecticut. We are especially dedicated to protecting the unalienable right of all citizens to keep and bear arms, for the defense of both self and state, through public enlightenment and legislative action.

We welcome anyone who believes that the defense of our constitutional rights is critical to the longevity of our freedom and to the success of this nation, and in particular that the rights to self defense and to keep and bear the arms to actualize that defense, are fundamental and undeniable.

 

  • February 2009 – Founded by Scott Wilson
  • headquartered in Groton, CT
  • voluntary action through “hands on” participation
  • by June (5 months), we would have secured a central meeting location, formed an interim standing committee, elected interim officers, coordinated a number of organizational meetings, opened a Facebook page, built a web-site, created membership forms, written numerous drafts of by-laws, become incorporated, opened a PO Box, open a bank account, and started to look towards long term goals of this organization.
  • ccdl.us

It is not enough for the gun owners of Connecticut to rely solely on national organizations to defend our rights in this State. We have to become a vocal, visible and responsible organization to promote the benefits of firearms ownership to the people who may be indifferent to the rights and responsibilities we have as citizens of a magnificent free society. Please join us and become a supportive member of the Connecticut Citizens Defense League.

PO Box 120
Southbury CT 06488

3-Gun Nation

started in Feb 2009

  • Pete Brown, President and Founder of 3-Gun Nation
  • Formed with the goal of promoting the sport of 3-Gun shooting across the United States
  • started as a TV Show
  • affiliate clubs in over ten countries
  •  X-Games of the shooting sports

Para USA

moved to USA in 2009 – 2015
Canada, North Carolina, Alabama

History in Canada

  • 1985 founded by Ted Szabo and Thanos Polyzos in Canada
    – two childhood friends
    – Szabo was born in Hungary
    – Polyzos was born in Greece
  • had a factory in Markham, Ontario, Canada
  • January 2009 moved to Pineville, North Carolina

USA History

  • January 2009 moved to Pineville, North Carolina
  • Renamed Para USA
  • January 2012 bought by Freedom Group
  • 2014 moved into Remington Arms facility in Huntsville, Alabama
  •  March 2015 cessation of the Para name

the WON

Women’s Outdoor News

since 2008

Born out of a desire to capture the energy and up-to-the-moment tactic of using the electronic age, the WON delivers the latest news about women in the outdoors, events, gear, tips and Barbara Baird’s weekly blog, “Babbs in the Woods.”

 

  • 2008 Barbara Baird launched The WON
    – newspaper and then magazine editor

womensoutdoornews.com

ACLDN

Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network, Inc.

2008




Marty Hayes

Members include


Massad Ayoob


Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network, Inc.

PO Box 400
Onalaska, WA  98570

Voice: 888-508-3404
Fax: 360-978-6102

https://armedcitizensnetwork.org

District of Columbia vs. Heller

2008

Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm

 

  • Argued March 18, 2008
    Decided June 26, 2008
  • 554 U.S. 570
  •  landmark case from the Supreme Court of the United States
  • held that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia
  • Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 5 to 4
  • Heller had approached the National Rifle Association about a lawsuit to overturn the D.C. gun ban, but they declined