Pope and Young Club

Pope and Young Club

started in 1961 Chatfield, Minnesota January 27, 1961 officially came into being – Glenn St. Charles as the Chairman The Pope and Young Club PO Box 548 Chatfield, Minnesota 55923 https://www.pope-young.org/ About Pope and Young Club The Pope and Young Club is the recognized record-keeping body for North American big game taken with a bow … Read more

Ruffed Grouse Society

Ruffed Grouse Society

established in 1961 Coraopolis, Pennsylvania North America’s foremost conservation organization dedicated to preserving our sporting traditions by creating healthy forest habitat for ruffed grouse, American woodcock and other wildlife RGS works with landowners and government agencies to develop critical habitat utilizing scientific management practices. Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) 451 McCormick Road Coraopolis, Pennsylvania 15108 888-564-6747 … Read more

Century International Arms

founded in 1961 Vermont, Florida William Sucher took a Lee–Enfield rifle in trade against a typewriter he had repaired – he posted a newspaper to sell it and received more queries about the rifle than he had for typewriters – then looked for sources of surplus rifles he could sell for a profit 1961 founded in St. … Read more

Aguila

Aguila

Established in 1961 Morelos, Mexico originally a Mexican production factory for Remington – staff of 70 employees – 120 acres one of the largest rimfire manufacturers in the world – one billion cartridges annually – primary supplier to the Mexican police and military – 18 tons of gunpowder needed for production sponsorship of the Aguila Cup shooting event 2011 partnered … Read more

Kenn Blanchard

Kenn Blanchard

ordained pastor CIA firearms instructor law enforcement officer Contributor to AmmoLand Shooting Sports News a 2000 – author of Black Man With a Gun 2007 – started his Gun & 2A podcast 2012 – author of Black Man With a Gun: Reloaded Black Man With a Gun podcast Executive Vice President of 2AO.org http://kennblanchard.com/ Black … Read more

Jennifer Boehme

2A writer GRPC conference coordinator Profiles on Minuteman University.com are editorial content compiled from public sources. Inclusion does not imply endorsement of, sponsorship by, or affiliation with this site or the Gun Websites Firearms Network. Corrections and removal requests are welcome through Contact Us.

Marty Hayes

Marty Hayes

At a Glance Died October 2025 Founder of the Firearms Academy of Seattle and the Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network. Schools Firearms Academy of Seattle (director, 1990) Armed Citizens’ Legal Defense Network (founder, 2008) Accomplishments Career law enforcement officer Earned a law degree before founding the Network Firearms expert witness from 1990 Co-taught deadly force … Read more

Gabe Suarez

Instructor Gabe Suarez

At a Glance Former California police officer and author who founded Suarez International. Schools Suarez International, Prescott, Arizona (founder) Accomplishments Southern California law enforcement Trained at Gunsite under Jeff Cooper, who wrote the foreword to his first book Updated the Modern Technique for modern carry Early promoter of red-dot pistol training Books The Tactical Pistol … Read more

Dave Kopel

David Kopel

– January 7, 1960–  2008 filed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller– His Heller amicus brief was cited four times in the Court’s Heller opinions– His brief in McDonald v. Chicago (2010) was cited by Justice Alito’s plurality opinion, and twice by Justice – Stevens’ dissent https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/06/19/the-hearing-protection-act-and-silencers/ About Dave Kopel David B. Kopel is one of the most widely … Read more

Frank Tait

Frank Tait

  NRA Board of Directors Candidate – third year that he’s been running for the NRA Board of Directors responsible for bringing the Appleseed Project outside of North Carolina started Revere’s Riders – (Secretary) (2018-Present) Frank’s Substack https://taitnra.substack.com/ About Frank Tait Frank Tait is a firearms instructor, Second Amendment organizer, and former member of the … Read more