Category Archives: Resources

Dave Grossman

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August 23, 1956 

  • Born in Frankfurt, West Germany
  • Specialized in the study of the psychology of killing
  • Lieutenant colonel in the United States Army
  • Professor of psychology at West Point
  • 1995 – Author – On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
  • 1999 – Author – Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence
  • 2004 – Author – On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace
  • 2016 – Author – Assassination Generation : Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
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Charles Heller

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(1956)
– son of a law-enforcement officer and grandson of a judge
– 1978 moved to Arizona
– 2002 Liberty Watch Radio & America Armed & Free Radio Show
– 2005 One of the Four co-founders of the Arizona Citizens Defense League
– 2011-2013 excec Director of JPFO
– Currently Media Co-Ordinator for AzCDL & JPFO

– Host of Liberty Watch Radio
– Co-founder of The Arizona Citizens Defense League (AZCDL)
– Media coordinator for AzCDL
– Former executive director of Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership (JPFO)
– Media coordinator for JPFO
– Arizona concealed weapons instructor for 22 years
– Has visited 25 of the 28 submarines on display in the U.S
– (and visited 2 not on display, and worked on one as a kid)

USA MU

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United States Army Marksmanship Unit

established in March 1, 1956

  • at the direction of Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • with the mission of winning international competitions
  •  1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo), the United States won seven medals in shooting, of which six were won by Army Marksmanship Unit members
  • unit’s mission expanded to facilitate Army recruiting
  •  2009 to 2012, the AMU maintained a constant presence in Afghanistan by deploying multiple marksmanship training teams
  • five competitive shooting sections
    – Service Rifle
    – Action Shooting
    – International Rifle
    – Service Pistol
    – Shotgun
  • Shotgun and International Rifle teams have earned 24 Olympic medals

United States Army Marksmanship Unit
Fort Benning, Georgia

IAA

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International Ammunition Association

1955

  • 1955 – Cartridge Collector’s Club formed
  • 1955 – co-founder Bill Wooden
  • 1961 – Joined with the slightly younger National Cartridge Collectors Association
  • 1961 – became the International Cartridge Collectors Association (ICCA)
  • 1993 – became International Cartridge Collectors Association (IAA)
  • https://cartridgecollectors.org

International Ammunition Association, Inc.
6531 Carlsbad Dr
Lincoln, NE 68510

Bill Wooden

FMG Publications

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introduced in 1955

  • first national monthly newsstand firearms publication
  • 1955 GUNS Magazine
    – published 12 times per year
  • 1976 American Handgunner first magazine devoted entirely to handguns
    – published six times per year

GUNS Magazine
13741 Danielson Street Suite A
Poway, CA 92064

858-842-3943

gunsmagazine.com

Poulin Auctions

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since 1950s

  • 1950s Arthur Julia started the  auction house
  • over $400 MILLION in firearm auction sales
  • 2017 Arthur Julia passed

Poulin Antiques & Auctions, Inc.
199 Skowhegan Rd
Fairfield, ME 04937

(207) 453-2114

poulinauctions.com