Don Kates

(January 26, 1941 – November 1, 2016)– 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller, served as an adviser to the council in the Court of Appeals– Guns and Public Health: Epidemic of Violence or Pandemic of Propaganda?– Armed: New Perspectives On Gun Control– Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out– Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy– The Great … Read more

Marion P. Hammer

Deck Stripe Marion Hammer

1939 Grandmother, 2A Activist She learned to shoot “squirrels and rabbits for dinner” with a .22 bolt-action single-shot rifle Florida’s top gun lobbyist 1974 – Present – NRA lobbyist from Florida 1976 – Today – Runs the Unified Sportsmen of Florida (USF) 1987 – Lobbied for Florida concealed-carry (CCW)  1988 – creator of the NRA Eddie Eagle Program … Read more

Clifford “Neal” Knox

Neal Knox

(June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005)– 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968– 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt– 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)– 1984 Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition– founding editor of Gun Week– editor of Handloader Magazine– founding … Read more

Otis McDonald

Otis McDonald

1933 – April 4, 2014 wife, Laura, and five children served in the Army 1952 moved to Chicago worked at University of Chicago associate degree from Kennedy-King College 1996 retired 2008 McDonald v. City of Chicago – two years working its way through the system About Otis McDonald Otis McDonald was the lead plaintiff in … Read more

Joseph Tartaro

Joseph Tartaro

Joseph P. TartaroMarch 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 … Read more

Hubert Leon “Bill” Richardson

HL 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 … Read more

John David Dingell Jr.

John Dingell

(born July 8, 1926)– 1955 – 2015 United States House of Representatives– 1968 Urged the NRA to fight for 2nd Amendment rights & the concept of the NRA ILA– former board member of the National Rifle Association– For many years, Dingell received an A+ rating from the NRA Born in Colorado Served in Congress for Michigan  longest-ever serving … Read more

Harlon Carter

Harlon Carter

(August 10, 1913 – November 19, 1991)– 1951 joined the National Board of the NRA– 1965-1967 served as NRA president from– 1975-1976 served as director of the NRA’s lobbying arm NRA ILA– 1977-1985 served as NRA Executive Vice PresidentCarter replaced Maxwell Rich as Executive Vice President– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Carter About Harlon Carter Harlon B. Carter was the man most responsible for turning … Read more

Warren Page

Waren Page

(1910 – Jan 22,1977)– 1931 Graduated from Harvard– WWII Lieutenant in Navy, Gunnery Instructor– 1947-1974 Shooting Editor for Field & Stream– 1949 Ruger’s first pistol.. serial Number 8, was “hand delivered” to Warren– 1958 Awarded the Weatherby Big Game Trophy– 1960 Created the First National Conference on the Shooting Sports– Founded National Bench Rest Shooting Championship– 1972 Director of National … Read more

Eleanor Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt

October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962 1933 – 1945  First Lady of the United States 1957 – New York CCW she carried a pistol instead of Secret Service protection “After the head of the Secret Service found I was not going to allow an agent to accompany me everywhere, he went one day to … Read more