Paralympic Shooting

founded 1976

  • 1976 Paralympic Shooting made debut at the 1st Paralympic Games
  • 1976, only 3 shooting events
  • 2020 = nine rifle & four pistol events
    both airguns and .22 caliber
  • 8 of 13 events are mixed gender
  • open to male and female athletes with physical disabilities
  •  governed by International Paralympic Committee (IPC)
  • 2019 Shooting was added to the program at the Para Pan American Championships (Lima, Peru)

United States Paralympic Shooting Team

  • has won 5 Paralympic medals
    1 gold
    1 silver
    3 bronze

USA Shooting
1 Olympic Plaza
Colorado Springs, CO 80909
(719) 866-4670

https://www.usashooting.org/about/paralympicshooting

GOA

Gun Owners of America GOA

1975


Hubert Leon “Bill” Richardson

1975 founded The Gun Owners of America (GOA)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._L._Richardson


Larry Pratt

– 1976 – 2018 executive director Gun Owners of America
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Pratt


Erich Pratt

 2018 – Executive Director for Gun Owners of America
– https://gunowners.org/erich-pratt.htm


 

Rachel Malone

  • 2018 – Texas Director for Gun Owners of America

John Crump

  • 2018 – VA State Director For GOA 

 

 

 

 


The Daily Bullet – Rachel Malone – GOA Texas
Dec 2, 2020

NRA ILA

NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)

founded in 1975


– the legislative lobbying faction of the NRA, the


John David Dingell Jr.

in 1968 Urged the NRA to fight for 2nd Amendment rights & the concept of the NRA ILA


Harlon Carter

1975-1976 served as director of the NRA’s lobbying arm NRA ILA
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlon_Carter


“Neal” Knox

1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA)
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox


Chris W. Cox

 April 2002 – 2019  executive director of the NRA’s Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_W._Cox

 

SAM

Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine

Created in 1975

  • Maine’s largest sportsman’s organization
  • 8,000 members 
  • headquarters in Augusta, ME
  • 501 (c ) 3 non-profit membership organization

To develop and provide information on wildlife resources, field sports and conservation programs that will benefit such resources, sports and programs.

  1. To educate the public concerning the American heritages of hunting, trapping and fishing. 
  2. To initiate and participate in litigation in the courts when necessary to protect the beneficial pursuits of hunting, trapping, fishing and scientific wildlife management practices.
  3. To promote and explain field sports, wildlife conservation and scientific wildlife management practices through literature, films, the press, television and radio.
  4. To provide organizations throughout the state in financial and management assistance programs to achieve these purposes. 
  5. To acquire and develop moneys to be used for scholarships and awards relative to these purposes. 
  6. Defend and protect the right of individuals to keep, use and bear firearms. 
  7. To do any and all things· that are necessary for, or incident to, the purposes hereinbefore stated.

https://samofmaine.org/


David Trahan, Executive Director


GOC

Gun Owners of California

1975

  • Founded by Senator H.L. Richardson
  • 1975 State Legislature sought to ban all handguns in California
  • direct mail campaign was used to defeat the legislation
  • first pro-gun group on television, radio and in the newspapers when the ban of semi-automatic handguns, rifles and shotguns surfaced
  • first gun group in the nation to produce a video for television that revealed the truth about semi-automatic firearms
  • first to do television spots alerting the citizens to the anti-gun legislation in Sacramento
  • 501(c)4 non-profit
  • 1998 Sam Paredes Executive Director

https://www.gunownersca.com/

GOAL

Gun Owners’ Action League of Massachusetts
Gun Owners’ Action League (GOAL) is a 100% member supported organization whose sole focus is to protect and restore Second Amendment rights for Massachusetts residents. We are an association of law-abiding citizens who believe in the Right to Keep and Bear Arms for competition, recreation and self-protection.
GOAL Gun Owners’ Action League is the official state firearms association in Massachusetts. We are an association of law-abiding citizens who believe in the basic right of firearms ownership for competition, recreation and self-protection. GOAL works hard to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights against those in Massachusetts who wish to infringe upon the freedoms guaranteed by
  • 1974 Founded

http://www.goal.org

GOAL
361 W. Main St.
Northborough, MA. 01532

Phone: (508) 393-5333

CCRKBA

Citizens Committee Right to Keep and Bear Arms

started in 1972

the lobbying affiliate of the Second Amendment Foundation

  • 1972 Founded by Alan Gottlieb
  • Originally the National Club of the Washington State Young Americans for Freedom Foundation branch
  • – Students Committee for the Right to Keep & Bear Arms
    – Changed the name to
  • Soon after Alan took over, the national branch of the club was larger than the rest of the YAFF
    – They let him turn it into a separate organization and take over operations
  • 1975 – SAF is the 501C Education & Legal Defense, tax deductible (non-profit)
  • 1972 – CCRKBA – Lobby, not tax deductible (non-profit)


Alan Gottlieb

– 1971 Founded the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
(at 24 yrs old)
– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gottlieb

 

ISRPA

The Indiana State Rifle & Pistol Association is the state-level chapter of the National Rifle Association.

  • Chartered in 1966
  •  formed to promote shooting sports, Education, Safety, and the preservation of the Constitutional 2nd Amendment rights of the residents of the State of Indiana

ISRPA is affiliated with:

  • CMP affiliate
  • Midway Foundation
  • Indiana Youth Shooting Sports Foundation
  • United States Concealed Carry Association
  • Gun Owners of America
  • The Well Armed Woman.

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ISRPA
P.O. Box 40025
Indianapolis, IN 46240