Category Archives: Resources

the WON

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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

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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

Liberal Gun Club

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  • 2008 – Created
  • 501c4 non-profit.
  • Has a pro-Second Amendment position on gun ownership
  • 2014 about 1,200 members
  • 2016 to 2017 after the Orlando nightclub muirders membership swelled 65%
  • August 2019, the Liberal Gun Club has over 11,500 supporters
    & more than 2,500 contributing members.

Lara Smith

  • Author at The Liberal Gun Club
  • Lawyer in the San Francisco Bay Area
  • Vice President of the Liberal Gun Club, California Chapter
  • member of the DC Project – California
  • Girl and a Gun in the San Francisco Bay area chapter
  • amateur competitor in shotgun and rimfire

theLiberalGunClub.com

June 2019 Active Chapters

  • New England
  • Texas (3rd largest chapter)
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California (Largest chapter)
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Illinois
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon (2nd largest chapter)
  • Washington
  • Virginia/DC/Maryland
  • Rocky Mountains
  • Tennessee

The Daily Bullet – Lara Smith – The Liberal Gun Club
Dec 28, 2020

 

Palmetto State Armory

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established in 2008
South Carolina

  • 2008 Jamin McCallum began selling magazines and ammunition online while fulfilling orders out of his garage
  • known for its line of AR-15 rifles and pistols
  •  expanded toAK-47 style rifles
  •  six retail stores in South Carolina

 

Steyr Arms

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 USA office 2008

  • 1864 Josef Werndl founded a company that would become Steyr Arms
  • 1884 M. 85 battle rifle
  • 1895 Mannlicher 8mm
  • 1969 SSG 69 long-range tactical rifle
  • 1977 AUG bullpup
  • 1998  Steyr Scout introduced
    – by Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper (USMC),  Gunsite Academy founder
  • 1999 Steyr M9 pistol
  • 2013 headquarters complex in Bessemer, Alabama
    – 33,000 sq./ft.

Steyr Arms USA
2530 Morgan Road
Bessemer, AL 35022

(205) 417-8644

steyr-arms.com/us

SilencerCo

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founded in 2008
West Valley City, Utah

  • founded by Joshua Waldron and Jonathon Shults
  • 72,000 square foot
  •  the Sparrow
  • 2011 acquired SWR (Southeastern Weaponry Research)
  • one of the founding members of the American Suppressor Association (ASA)
  • 2015 #FightTheNoise campaign

 

SilencerCo