- Former officer and pilot in the Civil Air Patrol
- Contributor to CODE ONE magazine
- 1994 – established Equipped To Survive
- Founding member of POMA, the Professional Outdoor Media Association
- 2003 Designed the Adventure Medical Kits Pocket Survival Pak
- May 2004 Designed RSK Mk1 by Benchmade Knife Company
- 2006 Founded Knife Rights
- Chairman of Knife Rights
Category Archives: Resources
Rhonda Ezell
- July 6 2011 Lead plaintiff in Ezell vs. City of Chicago
– two federal lawsuits against the City of Chicago to bring gun ranges to the city for law abiding citizens - Ezell vs. Chicago II
- President & Co-Founder of Chicago Guns Matter
3/12/23: Chicago Guns Matter
The Daily Bullet – Rhonda Ezell
Dec 22, 2020
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.
- To educate the public concerning the American heritages of hunting, trapping and fishing.
- 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.
- To promote and explain field sports, wildlife conservation and scientific wildlife management practices through literature, films, the press, television and radio.
- To provide organizations throughout the state in financial and management assistance programs to achieve these purposes.
- To acquire and develop moneys to be used for scholarships and awards relative to these purposes.
- Defend and protect the right of individuals to keep, use and bear firearms.
- 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
RMBS
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society
formed in 1975
Denver, Colorado
to promote the science-based management of the bighorn sheep, educate the public about their life and habitat, and assure the sportsman’s rights in proper opportunities
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society
Denver, Colorado
(720) 201-3791
Toby Leary
- 2012 Cape Gun Works co-founder
– fourth location is 20,000 square feet
- Rapid Fire Radio
– https://capegunworks.com/home
-airs” - Saturday morning at 8am on KNST AM790 in Tucson, AZ
- 9am on WCRN AM830 in Worcester, Ma
- 7PM on WXTK 95.1FM in Barnstable, Ma.
- Sunday at 7am on WBOB AM600 or 101.1FM in Jacksonville, FL
- 5PM on WRKO AM680 in Boston, MA.
Toby Leary
https://capegunworks.com/about-us
Michael Sodini
- in the gun industry for 3 generations as an importer
- Jun 15, 2018 co-founded Walk The Talk America
– focuses on the mental health issues and suicide prevention from the firearm community - https://walkthetalkamerica.org/love//
Michael’s speech at the 2A Rally for Your Rights in Washington DC on November 2, 2019
Shelley Hill
- Instructor – The Complete Combatant
- Hosts The Complete Combatant’s annual event called “The Mingle”
- Presented at AMMCON 2018-2019
- NRA Pistol Instructor
- marketing director and manager of Fusion MMA
- 2012 co-founder of Racheal’s Rest
Michael Cargill
- 12 years in the United States Army
- 2011 – Owner/Founder: Central Texas Gun Works
- Central Texas Gun Works was the first business in Texas to have a completely solar powered sign
- Frequent guest and subject matter expert
- 2014 – Host of Come And Talk It – Radio Show – Podcast
- 2016 – Exc. Director Texans for Accountable Government (TAG)
SAF
Second Amendment Foundation
1974
- 1989 2nd Amendment foundation acquired Women & Guns, founded by Sunny Jones, who remained as its editor
Alan Gottlieb
- 1975 Founded of the Second Amendment Foundation
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gottlieb
Joseph Tartaro
- President of theSecond Amendment Foundation