Oliver Laurence North is an American political commentator,television host,military historian,author,and retired United States Marine Corps lieutenant colonel.
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is a gun rights advocacy group based in the United States. Founded in 1871 to advance rifle marksmanship,the modern NRA has become a prominent gun rights lobbying organization while continuing to teach firearm safety and competency. The organization also publishes several magazines and sponsors competitive marksmanship events. According to the NRA,it had nearly 5 million members as of December 2018,though that figure has not been independently confirmed.
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is a gun rights organization in the United States. It makes efforts to differentiate itself from the larger National Rifle Association (NRA) and has publicly criticized the NRA on multiple occasions for what it considers to be compromising on gun rights.
Wayne Robert LaPierre Jr. is an American gun rights lobbyist who was the CEO and executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA),a position he held between 1991 and 2024.
David B. Kopel is an American author,attorney,gun rights advocate,and contributing editor to several publications.
American Rifleman is a United States-based monthly shooting and firearms interest publication,owned by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). It is the 33rd-most-widely-distributed consumer magazine and the NRA's primary magazine. The magazine has its headquarters in Fairfax,Virginia.
The American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) was a United States-based non-profit 501(c)(4) organization which operated from 2005 to 2010. The group described itself as a national grassroots organization for responsible gun ownership and advocated for increased gun control. The organization's president,Ray Schoenke,said the AHSA was intended to bridge the gap between urban liberals and rural gun owners,but closed down due to a lack of support from the Obama administration.
Marion P. Hammer is an American gun advocate and lobbyist who was the first female president of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA),from 1995 to 1998.
Clifford Neal Knox was a board member and officer of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA),gun magazine writer and editor,gun rights activist,and prolific author of technical firearms articles and articles related to his interpretation of the Second Amendment and views on firearms laws.
Dudley W. Brown is an American gun rights lobbyist. He is the founder and president of Rocky Mountain Gun Owners and president of the National Association for Gun Rights.
The National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) is a gun rights advocacy group in the United States. They maintain an affiliated PAC and a nonprofit legal foundation. Officially incorporated in Virginia on March 29,2000,NAGR was founded by Dudley Brown as a national companion organization to Rocky Mountain Gun Owners. NAGR is a rival to the more moderate National Rifle Association of America (NRA) and considers itself to be a more "conservative alternative" to the NRA. The group spends most of its energy focused on lawmakers and moderates who are deemed too compromising on Second Amendment issues. This is achieved via direct mail,robocalls and low-cost television ads. The group has gained notoriety for its lobbying tactics and attack ads.
Chris Cheng is an American sport shooter and The History Channel's Top Shot Season 4 Champion. In 2012,along with the title of "Top Shot",Cheng won a $100,000 cash prize and a professional marksman contract with the show's sponsor,Bass Pro Shops.
Bruce Eugene Westerman is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Arkansas's 4th congressional district. Previously,he served as member and the majority leader of the Arkansas House of Representatives.
Harlon Bronson Carter was an American advocate for gun rights and a leader of the National Rifle Association of America. Carter's 1977 election as NRA Executive Vice President marked a turning point for the organization. During his tenure,from 1977 to 1985,he shifted the organization's focus from promoting marksmanship and sports shooting towards strident advocacy for less restrictive gun laws. Under Carter's leadership,the NRA became less compromising on gun rights issues. It also tripled its membership and gained considerable political influence.
The Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is the political action committee (PAC) of the National Rifle Association of America (NRA). Founded in 1976,the Fund endorses political candidates on behalf of the NRA and contributes money to those candidate's campaigns. It maintains a rating system which awards grades to political candidates based on their support or opposition of gun control measures.
Maria Valerievna Butina is a Russian politician,political activist,journalist,and former entrepreneur who was convicted in 2018 of acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Russia within the United States.
Carolyn Dodgen Meadows is an American conservative activist,who served as president of the National Rifle Association (NRA). She was elected the organization's president in April 2019 after then-president Oliver North was forced out of the position. She also serves as 2nd vice chairwoman of the American Conservative Union's board and as chairwoman of the Stone Mountain Memorial Association Board of Directors.
Chris McNutt is an American conservative activist and gun rights lobbyist who has advocated for "permitless carry" legislation,also known as "Constitutional Carry." He is the president of Texas Gun Rights,a state affiliate of the National Association for Gun Rights.
The Revolt at Cincinnati was a change in the National Rifle Association of America's (NRA) leadership and organizational policy which took place at the group's 1977 annual convention in Cincinnati,Ohio. Led by former NRA president Harlon Carter and gun rights activist Neal Knox,the movement ended the tenure of Maxwell Rich as executive vice-president of the NRA and introduced new organizational bylaws. The Revolt at Cincinnati has been cited as a turning point in the NRA's history,marking a move away from the group's focus on "hunting,conservation,and marksmanship" and towards defending the right to keep and bear arms.
