Nebraska Ordnance Plant

Nebraska Ordnance Plant

1942 – 1945 17,250 acres Mead, Nebraska one of Nebraska’s 5 major ammunition plants 1942-1945 Nebraska Defense Corporation operated the site for the Army – Ammunition was loaded 1950-1956  reactivated for the Korean War 1959  transferred to GSA –  National Guard & Army Reserve retained roughly 1,000 acres – 12 acres as a Nike Missile maintenance area 1960 … Read more

Joyce Lee Malcolm

Group Lines Joyce Lee Malcolm

(1941)– 1994 author  To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American Right To Keep and Bear Arms: The Origins of an Anglo-American RightView on Amazon › Book links are affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, Minuteman University.com earns from qualifying purchases. Learn more About Joyce Lee Malcolm Joyce Lee Malcolm is an American historian … Read more

Don Kates

(January 26, 1941 – November 1, 2016)– 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller, served as an adviser to the council in the Court of Appeals– Guns and Public Health: Epidemic of Violence or Pandemic of Propaganda?– Armed: New Perspectives On Gun Control– Restricting Handguns: The Liberal Skeptics Speak Out– Firearms and Violence: Issues of Public Policy– The Great … Read more

Bob Munden

1941 Fastest Man with a Gun Who Ever Lived – Guinness World Records born in Kansas City, Missouri started shooting career at age 11 1950s in high school, Bob competed in Jeff Cooper’s Big Bear “Leatherslaps” shooting competitions at Big Bear Lake, California won over 3,500 fast draw trophies custom gunsmith exhibition shooting: – “Super … Read more

LCAAP

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant

Lake City Army Ammunition Plant (LCAAP) established in 1941 3,935-acre Independence, Missouri 1941 established by Remington Arms first of 12 small arms plants run by the Army WWII  21,000 full-time workers produced 50 million rounds per year 1985 operations taken over by Olin Corporation April 2001 operated by Alliant Techsystems (ATK) 2018 acquired by Northrop Grumman 1.6 billion round per year … Read more

Marion P. Hammer

Deck Stripe Marion Hammer

1939 Grandmother, 2A Activist She learned to shoot “squirrels and rabbits for dinner” with a .22 bolt-action single-shot rifle Florida’s top gun lobbyist 1974 – Present – NRA lobbyist from Florida 1976 – Today – Runs the Unified Sportsmen of Florida (USF) 1987 – Lobbied for Florida concealed-carry (CCW)  1988 – creator of the NRA Eddie Eagle Program … Read more

Michael Harries

1938 May 30, 1938 – November 25, 2000 1957 to 1961 USMC 1960s seek out and join the Southwest Combat Pistol League SWPL – based on articles in Guns & Ammo magazine 1969 joined the Southwest Pistol League (SWPL) – coached five different shooters to SWPL class championships – taught private students 1970 met Jeff … Read more

VSSA

VSSA

1938 Virginia Shooting Sports Association 1938 – originally founded as the Virginia State Rifle and Revolver Association is Virginia’s oldest gun rights organization official state association of the National Rifle Association closely affiliated with the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and the Virginia Gun Collectors Association Our mission is to provide … Read more

NSGA

National Sporting Goods Association founded in 1927Downers Grove, Illinois In 1927, the association’s founders fought an unfair taxation on sporting goods in the state of South Carolina. This fight led to the formation of the Sporting Goods Dealer’s Association of South Carolina. Soon after, other regional sporting goods associations began to form in the East, … Read more

Harper Creigh

Harper Creigh

1936 – 1953 – 1962 Marine Corps Active Competition Shooter – Soldier Of Fortune and IPSC events aka Judge Roy Bean, SASS #1 1980 – developed Cowboy Action Shooting April 1982 – The 1st END of TRAIL Annual event 1987 – The Single Action Shooting Society formed 1989 – 1st recipient of the END of … Read more