Pacific International Trapshooting Association
1931
– Founded on October 25, 1931
– Created by O.N. Ford in Portland, Oregon
Pacific International Trapshooting Association
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Joseph Tartaro
Joseph P. Tartaro
March 17,1931 – June 13, 2020 (89)
Joseph Tartaro was a well-known American firearms rights activist and president of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). He served in the United States Marine Corps and later became a full-time firearms activist. Tartaro was been involved in firearm owner rights organizations, including the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), which he co-founded in 1971, and the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR). He has been a vocal advocate for gun rights and has written extensively on firearms issues, receiving several awards for his work in the firearm owners rights movement.
- US Army – Korean War
- editor of Pacific Stars & Stripes
- Father of Peggy Tartaro
- President of the Second Amendment Foundation
- 1979 bought Gun Week newspaper (with his brother)
– later transferred it to the Second Amendment Foundation - Executive Editor of TheGunMag.com
- 1989 – named president of Second Amendment Foundation
- 1989 2nd Amendment foundation acquired Women & Guns, founded by Sunny Jones, who remained as its editor
- co-editor of the monthly newsletter, The Gottlieb-Tartaro Report
- 1991 – NRA’s Harlon B. Carter Award
- 1993 – Author – The Great Assault Weapon Hoax
- Joseph was a former Ad Executive for Tartaro Advertising
- 2013 – CCRKBA’s Gun Rights Defender of the Year award
Tartaro has been a vocal advocate for gun rights and has testified before Congress on numerous occasions. He has also written extensively on firearms issues and is the author of several books, including “The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms and Violence” and “The Gun Rights Fact Book”. He has received numerous awards for his work in the firearms rights movement, including the NRA’s Harlon B. Carter Award in 1991 and the CCRKBA’s Gun Rights Defender of the Year award in 2013.
FBI – Uniform Crime Report
since 1930
Each month, law enforcement agencies report the number of known ‘index crimes’ in their jurisdiction to the FBI
Violent crime & Property crime
- 1927 – IACP created the Committee on Uniform Crime Reporting
– to determine statistics for national comparisons:
– murder
– non-negligent manslaughter
– forcible rape
– burglary
– aggravated assault
– larceny
– motor vehicle theft - 1930 – 1st report = 400 cities in 43 states
– covering 20 million (20% of U.S. population) - 1934 – Uniform Crime Report
– by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) - 1979 – arson was added
- 1984 – NIBRS
- 2003 – data compiled from more than 16,000 agencies
– 93 percent of the population in 46 states and D.C. - 2021 – Projected shift to NIBRS countrywide
- Traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS)
- National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS)
- Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Program
- Hate Crime Statistics Program
- Cargo Theft Reporting Program
Crimes NOT indexed:
- Public Corruption
- Kidnappings
- Drug Trafficing
- Money Laundering
- Human Smuggling
- Weapon Smuggling
- Cyber Crimes
- Stash Houses
Ray Chapman
1928 – February 2, 2008
– Chapman Acadamy – Columbia, MO
– Friend of Jeff Cooper
the man the late, great Jeff Cooper called “the maestro”
of practical handgun shooting according to Massad Ayoo
- United States Marine Corps, Pacific Ocean theater, World War II
- Marine during early stages of the Korean Conflict
- fireman in Oregon as he completed his Degree in Civil Engineering
- worked as a policeman in California
- 1950s worked at California Highway Department
- 1950s – Central to the development of practical shooting
- 1950s pioneer of the Southwest Pistol League
- 1975 won the first IPSC Handgun World Shoot
- 1975 Opened the world-renowned Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting in Columbia Missouri
- 1976 – Founder of the International Practical Shooting Confederation
- 1979 retired from competition
- 1979 His training facility became the home of the Bianchi Cup
- retired from the Academy in 1995
- 2012 is a banner year in that Chapman Academy is now open for teaching again
Prvi Partizan
May 1928
Krcagovo, Serbia
- 1928 Jakob Posinger
– Originally called FOMU - 1935 moved to Uzice, Serbia
– first privately owned factory in the Balkans - WWII facilities were heavily damaged
– explosion killed more than 120 people - After the war – equipped the National Liberation Army
- produce over 400 types of small arms ammo
- unusual and rare cartridges
– 8x56mmR
– 7.92x33mm Kurtz
– 7.65x53mm Argentine
– 8mm Lebel
ППУ “PPU.” This is an abbreviation of the company’s name in Cyrillic letters
MSSA
Missouri Sport Shooting Association
since 1928
- Missouri State Association for the National Rifle Association (NRA)
- Missouri State Association for USA Shooting
- Missouri State Association for Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP)
- Member of the Conservation Federation of Missouri.
Missouri Sport Shooting Association
6140 N. Wagontrail Rd.
Columbia, MO 65202-9658
Kansas State Rifle Association
1928
- 2015 Constitutional Carry
– 5th state - 2nd Amendment Protection Act
- Concealed Carry for Military Personnel
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
Ducks Unlimited
1927
Memphis, Tennessee
dedicated to the betterment of waterfowl and waterfowling in all of North America
- 1927 started as an offshoot of the Boone & Crockett Club
- until 1930 operated as American Wild Fowlers
- 1937 Ducks Unlimited (DU) was born
- 2016 700,000 members
Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
One Waterfowl Way
Memphis, Tennessee, 38120
1-800-45DUCKS
ducks.org
John Boyd
1927-1997
- U.S. Air Force Colonel
- Boyd was the best fighter pilot in America and possibly the world
- wrote the first manual on jet aerial combat
- spearheaded the design of both of the Air Force’s premier fighters, the F-15 and the F-16
- OODA loop (Observation, Orientation, Decision and Action)
