The Rhode Island Revolver and Rifle Association is the Flagship gun rights organization in the State of Rhode Island.
1936 – founded
To promote and encourage all phases of shooting sports within the State of Rhode Island.
To foster a climate within the State of Rhode Island which encourages ownership and legal use of all legal types of firearms by the law abiding citizens of the state.
To encourage and promote legislation to preserve the legal ownership and use of firearms for all law abiding citizens of the State of Rhode Island.
To encourage and promote firearm safety and education within the State of Rhode Island.
To conduct contests of marksmanship with firearms.
Rhode Island Revolver & Rifle Association Inc.
P.O. BOX 10177
Cranston, Rhode Island 02910
401.573.0260
(June 20, 1935 – January 17, 2005) – 1966 testified before Congressional committees at least fifty times, before the House Subcommittee on Crime against what eventually became the Gun Control Act of 1968 – 1977 The NRA Cincinnati Revolt – 1978-1982 Executive Director of NRA Institute for Legislative Action (ILA) – 1984 Founder & chairman of the Firearms Coalition – founding editor of Gun Week – editor of Handloader Magazine – founding editor of Rifle Magazine– – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Knox
The National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association exists to promote, support, nurture, and preserve our Nation’s rich historical heritage in the sport of muzzleloading through recreational, educational, historical, and cultural venues such as match competition, hunting, gun making and safety, historical re-enactments, exhibits, museums, libraries, and other related programs.
National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association is the National Governing Body for most black powder shooting competitions in the USA. They hold a Spring National and Fall National at their home range in Friendship, Indiana, plus a Winter National in Phoenix, Arizona. They sanction events for black powder rifles, pistols, shotguns including primitive events.
leading the effort to preserve the history of the United States through muzzleloading shooting sports & living history events.
Joseph P. Tartaro March 17,1931 – June 13, 2020 (89)
Joseph Tartaro was a well-known American firearms rights activist and president of the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF). He served in the United States Marine Corps and later became a full-time firearms activist. Tartaro was been involved in firearm owner rights organizations, including the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), which he co-founded in 1971, and the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR). He has been a vocal advocate for gun rights and has written extensively on firearms issues, receiving several awards for his work in the firearm owners rights movement.
1979 bought Gun Week newspaper (with his brother) – later transferred it to the Second Amendment Foundation
Executive Editor of TheGunMag.com
1989 – named president of Second Amendment Foundation
1989 2nd Amendment foundation acquired Women & Guns, founded by Sunny Jones, who remained as its editor
co-editor of the monthly newsletter, The Gottlieb-Tartaro Report
1991 – NRA’s Harlon B. Carter Award
1993 – Author – The Great Assault Weapon Hoax
Joseph was a former Ad Executive for Tartaro Advertising
2013 – CCRKBA’s Gun Rights Defender of the Year award
Tartaro has been a vocal advocate for gun rights and has testified before Congress on numerous occasions. He has also written extensively on firearms issues and is the author of several books, including “The Great American Gun Debate: Essays on Firearms and Violence” and “The Gun Rights Fact Book”. He has received numerous awards for his work in the firearms rights movement, including the NRA’s Harlon B. Carter Award in 1991 and the CCRKBA’s Gun Rights Defender of the Year award in 2013.
– Chapman Acadamy – Columbia, MO – Friend of Jeff Cooper the man the late, great Jeff Cooper called “the maestro” of practical handgun shooting according to Massad Ayoo
United States Marine Corps, Pacific Ocean theater, World War II
Marine during early stages of the Korean Conflict
fireman in Oregon as he completed his Degree in Civil Engineering
worked as a policeman in California
1950s worked at California Highway Department
1950s – Central to the development of practical shooting
1950s pioneer of the Southwest Pistol League
1975 won the first IPSC Handgun World Shoot
1975 Opened the world-renowned Chapman Academy of Practical Shooting in Columbia Missouri
1976 – Founder of the International Practical Shooting Confederation
1979 retired from competition
1979 His training facility became the home of the Bianchi Cup
retired from the Academy in 1995
2012 is a banner year in that Chapman Academy is now open for teaching again
