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PRESIDENT’S COLUMN
By Bob Barr President
NRA OFFICERS
Bob Barr
President
William A. Bachenberg
First Vice President
Mark E. Vaughan
Second Vice President
Doug Hamlin
Executive Vice President
John Frazer
Secretary
Sonya Rowling
Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Randy Kozuch
Executive Director, NRA-ILA
Robert Mensinger
NRA Chief Compliance Officer
Keeping A Focus On Youth
Irecently spent an exciting two days at the Daisy National BB and Air Gun Championships in Rogers, Ark. While there, I met with many Daisy personnel, including the company president, and with dozens of competitors, their coaches and families.
Daisy is one of the big kids on the block when it comes to getting the next generation involved in shooting, but many other companies are also involved in youth efforts to ensure the future of the shooting sports and the Second Amendment.
At the championship, more than 400 young people aged 8 to 15 competed in this very family-friendly event. The smiles, competition and camaraderie were a pleasure to see. In fact, watching those kids shoot transported me back to my childhood. Like probably most Americans, certainly of my generation, I grew up with a BB gun, then an air rifle and then a .22. In my case, it created a lifelong love that has never left me.
Witnessing those youngsters in Arkansas enjoying the competition reminded me of how important it is to bring young people into the shooting sports—and to encourage them to stay active. We understandably often tend to focus on hunting, law enforcement, collecting and certainly on the legislative front. But we must never forget that long-term success in all of these arenas depends on our youth.
This is why events like the Daisy National BB Gun Championship Match are critical. The very nature of the sport requires and teaches young people important life skills, including safety, discipline, concentration, patience and responsibility—attributes essential for future success in education and whatever professions young people might later pursue.
While there are many things you and I can do personally to bring kids and youth into the shooting-sports fold, collectively, we’re already doing a lot of good work in that area. In fact, the NRA has been actively involved in promoting the shooting sports to youth since 1903. We have a wide variety of youth programs, including competitions, awards and contests, training and safety courses, scholarships and more.
And there is much more. NRA’s Youth Hunter Education Challenge (YHEC) provides a fun environment for kids to improve their hunting, marksmanship and safety skills. Through its simulated hunting situations, live fire exercises, educational and responsibility events, YHEC helps build upon skills learned in basic hunter-education courses and encourages safer, lifelong hunting habits.
The NRA’s Home Air Gun Program brings marksmanship activities directly to communities across the country—a guide that provides parents, teachers, activity and club leaders with information and guidance on BB and airgun shooting sports.
THE NRA HAS BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN PROMOTING SHOOTING SPORTS TO YOUTH SINCE 1903.
Those are just a few of many NRA youth programs, but now I’d like to get down to a little more personal level. We all know at least one child, if not several, that we could introduce to the family-friendly pastime of shooting. Whether it be a child, grandchild, niece, nephew or just a youth from your neighborhood or that you know from church, I encourage NRA members everywhere to take the initiative and bring a youngster into the shooting sports. If each one of us introduced just one new young person to the sport, we’d grow the number of shooters by millions. What a win that would be!
For some, shooting and guns might become lifelong passions. Others might not become avid shooters, but they will still have been introduced to the fundamental principle that guns are tools, and, when used safely and responsibly, they are good, not evil, as anti-gun advocates would have them believe.
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One of the most well-known and successful of these programs is the Adventure Camp at the NRA Whittington Center in New Mexico. It arguably is America’s best outdoor youth camp for boys and girls aged 13 to 17. Under direct supervision of staff and trained volunteers, campers learn everything from shooting fundamentals to firearm safety, marksmanship, basic wilderness survival skills and more.
The youth shooters of today will be the Second Amendment advocates of tomorrow. As a kid, I had no idea what the Second Amendment was. But certainly, as I got older, being exposed to that BB gun and that .22 as a young teen truly did lay the groundwork for my understanding that the Second Amendment underpins our liberty as Americans.
As you begin your quest to get more youngsters involved in shooting sports, keep in mind that the child or youth that you safely and responsibly introduce to shooting today might someday be the man or woman leading the NRA a generation or two from now.
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Public and private officers interested in becoming law enforcement firearm instructors should attend one of NRA’s Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Development Schools. NRA Police Pistol Combat competition is intended to be used as an extension of an officer’s training.
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TRAINING
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Equipping Young Archers For The Future
The NRA Foundation is dedicated to protecting our Second Amendment freedoms by supporting activities that promote safe and responsible firearms ownership. It’s America’s leading charitable organization in support of the shooting sports. Through the fundraising of Friends of NRA, the NRA Foundation provides financial support to eligible teams and organizations through its grant program.
Every year, the NRA Foundation awards more than $10 million worth of grants to charity and youth shooting sports programs. One of the little-known partnerships the Foundation has is with the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP). The NRA Foundation buys over $500k annually of archery supplies through NASP. Those supplies are then awarded as grants to 4-Hs, summer camps, Scouts and schoolbased NASP archery teams nationwide.
NASP is an in-school archery program providing archery instruction at its host schools in grades 4 through 12. Starting in 2002, as an effort to grow archery and motivate young people to learn a life skill and embrace outdoor recreation, it quietly transformed into a life-changing in-school activity that brought out the best in students. Providing standardized equipment allows for inclusion of students from all backgrounds, including students with a range of physical disabilities. Educators all over the country have confirmed that hard-to-reach students have often been eager to engage with an after-school archery club once they learn archery in gym class.
As both a vendor and recipient of grants from the NRA Foundation, NASP
is a valued partnership. NASP illustrates why it is important to the Foundation’s mission. To say nothing of the camps, Boy Scouts and 4-H programs that were granted archery supplies in 2023, NASP alone had over 1.3 million student archers in the 2023-24 school year with more than 9,000 participating schools.
NASP surveys its student archers and compiles that data. NASP’s president, Tommy Floyd, said, “We greatly value our NRA Foundation partnership. NASP is committed to supporting the mission of educators and growing the sport of archery. We know that NASP provides 68% of our student-archers with the opportunity to feel connected to their school. We also know that 34% of them feel that NASP is a motivator for academic success. There has never been a more-important time for all advocates of the shooting sports to work together. We all have a part to play, and the NRA Foundation grant program has been a great experience for us.”
Likewise, 18% of archers introduce a family member to archery and roughly 50% go on to pursue hunting and
NRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
hunter education. Peter Churchbourne, managing director of NRA Hunting, said, “With the muted success of traditional R3 [recruiting, retention and reactivation] efforts, any opportunity to transition a recreational shooter, archery or firearm, into a hunter is very helpful. It’s very encouraging to see the statistics that these new archery shooters are making the leap.” Of particular interest to the Foundation, 33% of NASP archers go on to participate in firearms target shooting. Recognizing NASP’s power to train and equip the next generation of archers, equipment manufacturers are eager to support the program. This enables NASP to sell archery equipment to its participating schools and the NRA Foundation at very affordable prices. With recruiting, retention and reactivation of shooters and hunters as a core part of its mission, the NRA Foundation is excited to have the National Archery in Schools Program as a partner. With the help of the Friends of the NRA and NASP, the NRA Foundation will continue to help students and teach freedom.
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10th “Steamboat Challenge” NRA Action Pistol Championship
Submitted
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Andy Rayland, Match Director
Steamboat Challenge” NRA Action Pistol Regional and Wyoming State Championship was conducted over the weekend of August 16, 17 and 18 at the Otto Road Shooting Range in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
In its 10th year, “Steamboat” attracted 46 competitors from across the US and overseas to the high plains of southeast Wyoming for a weekend of NRA Action Pistol shooting. The match pays homage to Steamboat, a Wyoming bred bucking horse from over 100 years ago, known as one of the first star “animal athletes” of the early 20th Century and is the state symbol of Wyoming.
The Otto Road Shooting Range is at elevation of 6,800 feet and located 8 miles west of Cheyenne, the State Capitol. The combination of altitude, variable weather conditions, and some random courses of fire provide unique challenges to the competitors and that's why many of them make repeat visits to the Cowboy State each August.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation has designated August as “National Shooting Sports Month” and the NRA sponsored an “NRA Day” during the match weekend to celebrate and appreciate our precious Second
Amendment rights. In the spirit of the month, we hosted four new shooters who never competed in Action Pistol. We were pleased to have three-time Grand Senior Bianchi Cup Champion John Sanders from Fall Church, VA in attendance and he personally accompanied the new competitors through the course and ensured they had a safe and enjoyable experience.
The match weekend started on Friday with the 2-gun aggregate match. Competitors entering this match must shoot a different type of gun on the same course of fire that they would shoot on Saturday’s Regional contest. The scores for Friday and Saturday are combined and there is an award for the shooter with the high score for the Rimfire/Centerfire and for Centerfire aggregate categories. The high rimfire/centerfire aggregate award went to Walter Johnson of the US Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) and high centerfire/centerfire award went to Anthony Heinauer of the AMU.
Saturday was the Regional Match featuring the traditional four events of NRA Action Pistol: The Barricade, The Moving Target, The Practical and The Falling Plates. These courses were designed by the late Ray Chapman (first world champion of combat pistol in 1975) and renowned holster maker, competitive shooter and retired Army National Guard Major General John Bianchi. Having “stood the
test of time” since the first Bianchi Cup in 1979, the courses offer the shooter a unique blend of Precision Pistol, Practical Shooting, and Police Pistol Combat without unduly favoring or handicapping any one discipline. Over the years, NRA Action Pistol has created many specialized and unique equipment modifications as the top shooters aim for perfection. The top scores in the Open Division are usually decided by the X-Count. Notwithstanding the specialization, there are Divisions in this enjoyable shooting sport where excellent scores can be fired with a stock production pistol such as a Glock, some spare magazines and a commonly available Kydex holster.
Pictured Right: SFC Walter Johnson of the US Army Marksmanship Unit from Fort Moore, GA shooting from the prone position on the Practical Course at the "Steamboat Challenge" NRA Action Pistol Championship in Cheyenne, WY (Photo courtesy of Milo Gladstein, WY Tribune Eagle)
Regional Winners
Regional Champion Anthony Heinauer Opelika, AL 1920-174X
1st Metallic Sights Ryan Franks Ellerslie, GA 1914-162X
1st Production Optic Simon Golob Kearney, MO 1902-145X
1st Production Adam Kovatch Ethridge, MT 1792-115X
State Winners
Wyoming State Champion
Bridger Steege Cheyenne, WY 1647-119X
2nd Place Walter Johnson Pine Mountain, GA 1638-121X
3rd Place Benito Martinez Albuquerque, NM 1637-121X
Revolver Match Nigel Gordon Frisco, TX 1573-67X
Pictured Left : Walter Johnson, US Army Marksmanship Unit firing the Barricade event
recognition to Simon Golob of Kearney, MO firing a perfect 480-48X on the Falling Plates event with a production S&W K-38 revolver. The State Champion was 17-year-old Junior shooter Bridger Steege of Cheyenne, WY firing a score of 1647-119X (98%). Bridger had the high score in IRF with a 271-6X, fired a near perfect 476-30X on the Moving Target, and “Clean” scores on the Los Alamitos and Falling Plate events. He also won the Junior Championship at this years CMP Bianchi Cup in Columbia, MO so he continued his winning ways - only this time it was in his home State.
Sunday was the Wyoming State match and the “Battle for the Buckles” - custom western belt buckles for the top three shooters and a custom belt buckle for the top shooter in the special revolver only side match. Unique to this match are the two traditional events fired - in this match the moving target modified and the falling plates. The other two are unknown until after the Saturday shooters meeting. A ‘spinning wheel” was used to randomly select the other two events which are in the NRA rulebook but not often fired in Regional or State level matches. This year the two events were “Los Alamitos” and “International Rapid Fire (Modified)” (IRF). Since the Paris Olympics were recently concluded and IRF is an Olympic medal event it was a welcome addition to the State match program. Action Pistol IRF differs slightly from the Olympic course requiring the shooter to draw and use a freestyle two hand hold. 30 shots are fired from 25 meters under variable time limits with a maximum possible score of 300-30X. The targets used have narrow scoring rings and the consensus from the competitors was that IRF was a difficult enterprise and decided the match. So, for the state match there were 168 shots fired and a maximum possible score of 1680-168X. The special revolver only match allowed fans of the wheel gun another opportunity to excel on the State course of fire with one caveat – it was “standing only” with use of the prone position prohibited. Some excellent scores were fired with special
Above: Top Woman in Regional and State Match - Julie Golob, Kearney, MO score 1890-141X and 1593-100X
Below: WY State Champion Bridger Steege, Cheyenne, WY
Pictured Above: Regional Champion Anthony Heinauer, US Army Marksmanship Unit
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Steamboat is powered by our volunteers who donate their time over the weekend to keep range operations moving along such as scoring, changing targets, and range safety officers and lunch and beverages. A big tip of the hat to our supporters and sponsors Otto Rd Shooting Range, King Ranch Co LLC, Sierra Bullets, Zero Bullets and Ammunition, Burris Optics, Redding Reloading Equipment, Hunters HD Gold Shooting Glasses, Starline Brass, Hi-Viz Sighting Systems and Molly’s Custom Silver. Without volunteers and sponsors there is no match. And finally, thank you to all the competitors who travelled from four points of the compass to come and compete. Next years Steamboat is on the calendar for the weekend of August 16 & 17, 2025. See you in ‘Ol Cheyenne!
DOES YOUR CHILD KNOW WHAT TO DO IF HE OR SHE FINDS A GUN?
The Eddie Eagle GunSafe ® Program was developed in 1988 as a firearm accident prevention program seeking to help parents, law enforcement, community groups, and educators navigate a topic paramount to our children’s safety.
For over 30 years, the program has taught children what to do if they find a gun:
STOP! Don’t Touch. Run Away. Tell A Grown Up. In fact, over 33 million children have received Eddie’s important message since the program began.
STOP! Don’t Touch. Run Away. Tell A Grown Up. have received Eddie’s important
In 2015, the program evolved with a fresh new look and some new friends for Eddie—his Wing Team. Together they remind children of Eddie’s important message. The program is designed for Pre-K
In 2015, the program evolved with a fresh new look and some new friends for Eddie—his Wing Team. Together they remind children of Eddie’s important message. The program is designed for Pre-K through 4th graders and provides the tools to help parents and educators bring up an important safety issue with children in a fun and interactive way. Through a special kid-friendly web page, the Eddie Eagle Tree House , children are able to explore lessons, read storybooks, print coloring pages, watch Eddie’s video, and more!
watch Eddie’s video and take his challenge!
NRA Now Accepting Submissions for the George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest
The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) is now accepting submissions for the 2024 George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest. First started in 1987, the George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest offers young artists interested in hunting and wildlife an outlet to use their creative talent, practice artistic techniques, and refine wildlife identification skills through the creation of original works.
“The George Montgomery/NRA Youth Wildlife Art Contest gives budding artists the ability to use their creativity and talents to capture the beauty of North American wildlife and the outdoors,” said Peter Churchbourne, Managing Director of NRA Hunting. “This contest provides an opportunity to spread the positive effects of hunting and wildlife conservation. As the largest member organization of hunters, NRA is committed to preserving and advancing our Nation’s cherished hunting traditions for generations to come.”
Open to students in grades 1 through 12, submissions will be accepted until October 31st, 2024. Entries must be signed by the artist and should portray any North American game bird or animal that may be legally hunted or trapped. Endangered species and nongame animals, such as eagles and snakes, are not eligible subjects.
Winning artists will be notified by January 15, 2025.
First, second, and third place winners will be selected in each of four categories, based on the student’s grade level, and will be awarded $750, $500, and $250, respectively. An overall Best in Show winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000.
Submissions should be in digital form only. The preferred specifications for submissions will be a minimum of 8½" x 11" with 300 DPI or higher resolution.
Visit https://artcontest.nra.org/ to review contest rules, see examples of previous winners, find a list of North American game animals, and to complete the entry form.
Pictured Below - 2023 Best in Show Submitted by Chenglin Sofia Ji
FOX NEWS (Ch 24) Team at Franklin Revolver & Rifle Assn., Inc.
On August 1 & 2, 2024 Franklin Revolver & Rifle Association, Inc. had the pleasure of hosting a FOX NEWS team at our range. Reporter Madison Scarpino was in Sussex County conducting interviews on VP Kamala Harris’ flip-flop stance on mandatory gun buy backs and New Jersey gun laws in general.
After interviews were over they filmed Franklin R&R Chief Instructor Ryan Stickle and RSO Instructor Tommy Mastroeni firing an AR-15 rifle and 9mm handguns. When they were done filming for the day I asked the FOX NEWS team if they would like to shoot the guns they just filmed . . . “Are we allowed?” . . .”Can we?”. . . I explained that “This is what we do here, educate the public in the safe use of firearms”.
After careful instruction from Ryan and Tommy, Reporter Madison Scarpino, Producer Kitty Le Claire and Cameraman Tom Miuccio took turns firing the AR-15 rifle and 9mm handguns for their very first time. When they left our range they were all smiling and very appreciative for the opportunity to end their workday with a bang!
Helen M. Swingle NRA Recruiter
It was our way of saying “thank you” to those who help support our 2nd Amendment rights.
Katie Vanderhuff Earned the Rank of Eagle Scout
The Scouts, Leaders and Committee Members of Scouts BSA Troop 2119 take great pleasure in announcing that Katie Vanderhuff has earned the rank of Eagle Scout on June 27, 2024, which is the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America.
Since October 2019, a few months after Boy Scouts of America allowed females into their program, Katie has been working on the trail to Eagle. The Eagle Scout Rank was established in 1911 and only around 5 percent of Scouts have earned this rank. This is because it requires immense hard work, dedication and service to others. Today, only 2.5 percent of Eagle Scouts are female and Katie is honored to be among them.
The multiyear journey to the Eagle Scout Award is one of the most involved and transformative experiences a young person can have. They are exposed to new things through the merit badge program, are given the opportunity to develop confidence in the outdoors, practice leadership tactics, and plan, develop and give leadership to a service project that benefits their community.
For Katie’s Eagle Scout service project, she made renovations for conservation and increased safety to the pistol range at the North American Rod and Gun Club. She was inspired to do this project because her and her mother, Rita Vanderhuff, attend a women’s shooting group at that gun club.
The Scouting experience goes far deeper than one big project for Katie. She is a founding member of her troop and has held many of the leadership positions offered within the program. She has also experienced Philmont Scout Ranch, one of the high adventure programs requiring significant preparation to be successful. At Philmont, she trekked over 40 miles in 12 days, completed a conservation project, and practiced her emerging scout skills.
Katie’s Eagle Court of Honor will be held Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 2 PM at North American Rod and Gun Club, 12108 Belvedere Rd, Hagerstown Md. Katie and Troop 2119 would be honored by your presence.
If you are unable to attend, would you please be so kind to send Katie a letter of congratulations. As a special surprise for her, we are preparing a collection of these letters to display at the event and present to Katie. We know she would be honored and delighted to see your comments included.
Sincerely,
Tammie Reynolds Advancement Chair, Troop 2119 9801 Beaver Creek Church Rd
Hagerstown, MD 21740 dtharden@msn.com (413)-949-0919
The Women’s Fun Shoot at the Oklahoma City Gun Club is Celebrating its 25th Year
It is no surprise that for months the annual Women’s Fun Shoot at the Oklahoma City Gun Club (OKCGC) has been sold out. However, this year marks it’s 25th year.
This annual event began in 1999 when Suzi Rouse approached the board at the Oklahoma City Gun Club to start a women’s division. “At that time, my husband and I had been members for a couple years. The presence of women on a shooting range was sparse then and my objective was to figure out a way to generate an interest while providing a welcoming and safe environment. Walking into that board meeting not knowing how I was going to be received was unnerving and overwhelming. Of course, all my worrying was for naught, as the Board voted unanimously to create the first ever Women’s Division,” said Suzi.
With the women’s division in place, the next step was an event where women could be introduced to the shooting sports. At the same time the NRA was launching their Women on Target program. “The timing was perfect, and the information and training materials were invaluable in getting our inaugural women’s instructional shooting program off the ground,”
explained Suzi.
Twenty-five years later, this is now an event where each year 350 women and youth participate with one-on-one instruction as they rotate through
four shooting disciplines. Attendance is capped off so that quality one-on-one instruction is maintained. Despite the cap, this is still the largest women’s shooting event held in the nation.
Jana Butcher has been volunteering for ten years at the fun shoot; “I believe that whether a woman ever plans on owning a gun or not, we all
should know how to safely handle, operate and store a firearm. This shooting clinic will teach you those things in a safe, supportive and lowpressure setting with a one-on-one instructor and a variety of firearms. Everyone turns into everyone’s cheerleader!” Jana continues with advice for anyone wanting to attend, “Because we value the individualized attention for each person, enrollment is limited so registering early is important. Registration for the WFS usually begins mid-January via the OKC Gun Club website under the Women’s Division.”
Mark Vaughan, who was recently elected as 2nd VP of the National Rifle Association and is President of the Oklahoma Rifle Association, has volunteered for nearly every fun shoot over the past 25 years. “When you come across an event as impactful as the Women’s Fun Shoot at the Oklahoma City Gun Club, it reveals the best kind of leadership that is found in our firearm
community, leadership that steps up and shows up in new and impactful ways!”
Little did Suzi know that when she stepped up to form a women’s division, that she would later become President. Her impact not only with the Women’s Fun Shoot, but her leadership at one of the nation’s largest gun clubs, has been recognized over the years by the NRA as the 2005 recipient of the Marion P. Hammer Women on Distinction Award, along with the Oklahoma City Gun Club receiving the 2019 NRA Don C. DiBiasio Outstanding Club Award and the 2023 NRA Club of the Year Award.
Women on Target is one of many opportunities offered by the NRA for clubs to reach out and engage with their local communities. “On behalf of the millions of members of the NRA, I offer my congratulations to Suzi on 25 years of leadership within the Oklahoma City Gun Club,” said Doug Hamlin, NRA Executive Vice President & CEO. “OKCGC has experienced tremendous success and growth under Suzi’s watch. Her dedication to the Second Amendment and firearms safety is demonstrated by the many accolades received by the club throughout the years. It is because of strong leaders like Suzi that gun rights are alive and well in the Sooner State.”
The true success of this event is seen in the words of Traci Rasmussen, who travels from out of state to attend with her mother and daughters making this a generational celebration each year. “Once again that special day in September is approaching and we’ll have a full carload of as many of us that can attend. I’ll gather my girls from three or four different homes around Houston. We’ll venture out to Grandpa and Grandma’s house in Edmond, Oklahoma. We’ll drive close to 1000 miles in a time span of 46 hours. Why? Because we can do that in our free country. Because it’s our right to bear arms but our responsibility to learn how to use them, keep them and store them in a safe manner. Because events like this are important for us as women. Because the things we’ll learn and practice in that single day is invaluable. We will do it and we will keep doing it because it’s worth it.”
Registration begins in January and fills up by April every year, so signing up early is encouraged! For more information, contact Suzi Rouse, President of the Oklahoma City Gun Club at president@okcgunclub. org
NRA CELEBRATES WILD GAME MEAT DONATION MONTH
FAIRFAX, Va. – On Friday, November 1, 2024, The National Rifle Association of America and its members will celebrate the second annual Wild Game Meat Donation Month to encourage all hunters to donate extra venison or other game meat to help provide meals for those in need.
Giving and Sharing are always in season, so now is the perfect time to do your part by donating wild game to organizations who process and then distribute it to the less fortunate in your area.
The NRA is happy to take the lead on celebrating the second annual Wild Game Meat Donation Month. “We hope that other organizations can help celebrate the hard-working network of Hunters for the Hungry/Hunters Sharing the Harvest organizations around America by helping spread the word and asking their members to donate legally harvested wild game meat”, says Peter Churchbourne, Managing Director - NRA Hunting Division.
“New to this year’s celebration we are also requesting that all hunters share their wild game meat with a nonhunter this year. Make a point to cook a meal and tell your story to a nonhunter in the 24/25 season. Our research proved that a nonhunter will support hunting activities when they know a hunter. We also learned that when nonhunters understand that we consume our wild game meat, they approve of hunting by an astounding 98%. To enhance Cultural Acceptance of Hunting, all hunters can do their part and share a meal and tell your story.”
Recently completed hunter surveys shows that if you are a member of a conservation organization you are three times more likely to donate to a Hunters for the Hungry organization and in 2023 many of the Hunters for the Hungry network of processors did not receive enough donations to complete their missions. Join us and help spread the word!
The NRA is a long-time proud advocate and supporter of the Hunters for the Hungry/Hunters Sharing the Harvest network. Learn more at NWGMDM.nra.org Anyone interested in helping and learning more can contact Peter Churchbourne, NRA Hunting - Managing Director at pchurchbourne@nrahq.org.
NRA Law Enforcement Training Department announces that the tuition for the Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor Training schools will be increasing slightly for 2025.
The Law Enforcement Director, Glen Hoyer said “We hate to raise the tuition, however, due to the continuing inflation we had no choice. Everything has increased in price from the cost of printing our manuals, to the printing and shipping of the targets we utilize, and the cost of our instructors travel.”
“The $60 increase, to $745 will come with some benefits as we are updating our manuals and curriculum for next year as well”, he added.
We still offer the best instructor training “Bang for the buck.” and those who successfully complete the school can get the much sought after “NRA Law Enforcement Firearms Certification” in the discipline they completed, he further said.
For information on our programs visit https://le.nra.org/
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NRA Youth Education Summit 2024: A Week of Learning, Growth, and New Opportunities
As we celebrate the successful conclusion of the 2024 NRA Youth Education Summit (Y.E.S.), we reflect on a week filled with invaluable learning experiences, personal growth, and new opportunities for our participants.
Y.E.S. is an all-expense-paid trip to the Washington, D.C. area which rising high school juniors and seniors apply to attend. During the week, the attendees engaged in various current event discussions and participated in competitive debates to enrich and inspire the future leaders of our nation.
During the visit to NRA headquarters, students had the opportunity to shoot at the NRA Range, which they noted as one of the standout activities of the Summit. At the range, students had the chance to shoot a variety of firearms, from a .22 handgun to an M1. This activity was a major highlight with one student stating he checked many firearms he’d love to shoot off his bucket list.
Beyond the range, students explored Capitol Hill, several museums including the National Archives Museum, and visited numerous memorials and monuments throughout the Washington D.C. area including a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Participants also had the privilege of hearing from several esteemed NRA speakers, including Doug Hamlin, Executive Vice President and CEO of the NRA; Tyler Schropp, Executive Director of The NRA Foundation; Nick Perrine, NRA Director of Executive Operations; and Bill Bachenberg, NRA First Vice President and renowned businessman.
A major component of the NRA Youth Education Summit is the mock debate. Leading up to the summit, students work diligently within their debate groups, conducting research on a specific topic and a stance to defend, requiring extensive teamwork and preparation. Debate topics included, "Artificial Intelligence Should Be Utilized by The Government", "Students Should Be Allowed to Carry Firearms
on College Campuses”, and “The U.S. Should Be Involved in Foreign Wars.”
The students' participation in these debates was particularly impressive, showcasing their intelligence, preparation, teamwork, and enthusiasm. The End-of-Week Scholarships were determined by their performance in debates, overall participation throughout the week, current events discussion, attentiveness, and willingness to learn among other factors. Our End-of-Week Scholarship winners were students from Alabama, California, New York, and Virginia.
Many students expressed their gratitude, sharing how they made lifelong memories and will never forget the experience provided by the NRA. For many, it was their first time in the nation’s capital, giving them a deeper understanding of American history. This incredible week was made possible by the hard work and dedication of our Friends of NRA Committees and Field Representatives who covered the attendees’ expenses.
Now that the Summit has come to an end, students are encouraged to begin their Grand Scholarship application, which highlights the true grassroots aspect of this program. Y.E.S. students returned to their communities with a solid grasp of NRA programs and the shooting sports, and the motivation to introduce these programs locally. Popular programs to bring back home include safety programs such as the Eddie Eagle Gunsafe® Program, Refuse to be a Victim®, and Women on Target®. Students have 10 months to promote gun safety and education, after which they compile a portfolio documenting their efforts. This portfolio serves as their application for the Grand Scholarship, which features a total prize pool of over $20,000.
Thank you to Henry USA, CZ USA, Colt, Ruger, and Walther Arms for their generous donations to the Y.E.S. program. The students’ backpacks were filled with exciting items that will be cherished for years to come! And a special thank you to our T-shirt sponsor, Farm and Firearms, who donated the bright red “Lead the Legacy” shirts!
Do you know a rising junior or senior who might be interested in the NRA Youth Education Summit? Applications for the 2025 program open in Fall 2024. To learn more about the program, visit https://yes.nra.org/. Also, be sure to follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @ NRAYouthEducationSummit for updates and more information.
Walz as Harris VP Pick Continues to Have Problems
Whether it is considered “stolen valor” for Walz to have implied he served in an active combat zone when he did not is a hotly debated topic these days. Our problem with Walz, though, is the idea that he is any sort of an expert to be listened to when determining what firearms the government should prohibit law-abiding citizens from owning.
The positions Walz has taken on firearms has clearly been guided by his political aspirations, not any expertise or experience he may try to claim to have.
As we pointed out, the firearms Walz may have carried while serving in the National Guard are qualitatively different from the semi-automatic firearms he, his running mate, Joe Biden, and other anti-gun extremists have been trying to ban ever since the ’94 semi-auto ban expired, by design, in 2004.
Again, we covered that issue in detail last week, but this week, we’d like to discuss an often overlooked matter that was also brought to light in the video posted by the Kamala HQ account on X (formerly Twitter).
Not only does Walz want to ban tens-of-millions of semi-automatic firearms like the AR-15, but he apparently wants to prohibit law-abiding gun owners from carrying firearms outside of the states in which they reside.
In the video, Walz claims he has voted to “protect the Second Amendment,” then runs down a list of anti-Second Amendment proposals he supports (like banning guns), including stating, “We can make sure we don’t have reciprocal carry among states….”
Now, we presume his opposition to “reciprocal carry among states” refers to states recognizing the permits to carry firearms issued by other states. As most readers know, NRA has worked for decades to help pass legislation at the state level to ensure each state recognizes carry permits issued by other states. But some states make it nearly impossible when it comes to passing legislation that advances the rights protected under the Second Amendment.
Think California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.
Because some states are held under the control of anti-gun politicians, we have also been working for decades to pass a federal law establishing a national reciprocity standard that would ensure the right to self-defense does not simply cease to exist when one crosses the border of certain states.
So what does Walz mean when he says he wants to “make sure we don’t have reciprocal carry among states”? Is he opposed to a national standard, or does he want to end all reciprocal agreements?
Is this part of his evolution from someone who used to actually support the Second Amendment with his votes early in his tenure in Congress—when he represented a rural district that supported our right to keep and bear arms—to an ambitious politician more concerned with how he could advance his political career?
Back in 2011, Representative Walz voted for the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011.” Six years later, after he had already announced he would be running to be governor, he voted against the “Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017.” That was likely the price he gladly paid to receive the blessing of anti-gun extremists that help decide the fate of statewide candidates in Minnesota.
Now, he appears to not just oppose a national standard for reciprocity, but he seems to want to prohibit ALL reciprocity agreements, although that is unclear. Whether or not this represents a policy position of the Harris-Walz campaign is also unclear. Harris had been the presumed Democrat candidate for nearly a month, and as of last Friday, she still had not posted a single policy position on her campaign website. With fewer than 90 days before election day—even fewer before early voting starts—all we have heard from Harris-Walz are vague references to possible policies during campaign rallies.
Combine the delay with posting detailed policy positions with the fact that Harris has yet to face any real scrutiny from the media—she has yet to hold a press conference or take any meaningful questions from reporters—and one might be inclined to believe that the Harris-Walz ticket is trying to hide much of its agenda for as long as possible in order to fool voters into believing it would not be the most extreme anti-Second Amendment administration we’ve ever seen.
While Biden-Harris currently holds the title of most anti-gun administration ever, Harris-Walz appears to be looking to steal the crown.
We know that Harris, when she ran for the Democrat nomination for president for 2020 (although she dropped out in 2019, after failing to gain any traction and before a single primary was held), tried to out-anti-gun the field by promising to enact not just a ban on semi-automatics, but also a confiscation scheme that she tried to sell as a “mandatory buy-back.” We also know that Harris is now trying to distance herself from that position that even anti-gun radicals seem to think goes too far…at least to admit publicly.
We don’t believe her, and neither should you.
Will Walz also try to distance himself from an equally radical position of wanting to eliminate reciprocity agreements on carry permits? Or will he try to claim that he misspoke; an excuse his handlers and supporters have tried to use to explain away his comment implying he served in a combat zone.
Election Day 2024 may seem right around the corner, but there is still plenty of time to expose just how extreme the Democrat ticket is when it comes to wanting to eradicate the Second Amendment. We look forward to making regular updates on this front, and hope the Harris-Walz campaign continues to be so generous with all the material they have been providing.
AL STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASS'N 2009 Rodgers Drive Huntsville, AL 35811 205-655-3730 Eambhm1@aol.com
AK OUTDOOR COUNCIL, INC. 310 K St Ste 200 Anchorage, AK 99501 907-740-1702 www.alaskaoutdoorcouncil.org
AZ STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASS'N P.O. Box 74424 Phoenix, AZ 85087 623-687-4251 www.asrpa.com
AR RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N P.O. Box 2348 Conway, AR 72003 501-327-4702 arkansasrifle.com
CA RIFLE & PISTOL ASS'N, INC. 271 E Imperial Hwy Ste 620 Fullerton, CA 92835 714-992-2772 www.crpa.org
CO STATE SHOOTING ASS'N 7661 McLaughlin Road Falcon, CO 80831 719-966-7512 www.cssa.org
CT STATE RIFLE &REVOLVERASS'N 300 Pepes Farm Road, Unit 5233 Milford, CT 06460 860-480-4600 https://csrra.org/
DE STATE SPORTSMEN’S ASS'N P.O. Box 94 Lincoln, DE 19960 www.dssa.us
FL SPORT SHOOTING ASS'N, INC. P.O.Box 56261 Jacksonville, FL 32241 904-880-1715 www.flssa.org
GA SPORT SHOOTING ASS’N 880 Marietta Highway - PO Box 351 Roswell, GA, 30075 478-955-7068 www.georgiasportshootingassociation.com
HI RIFLE ASSOCIATION PO Box 543 Kailua, HI 96734 808-224-2824
www.hawaiirifleassociation.org
ID STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N PO Box 140293 Boise, ID 83714-0293 208-900-1911 www.idahosrpa.org
IL STATE RIFLE ASS'N, INC. P.O. Box 637 420 E. Locust St. Chatsworth, IL 60921 815-635-3198 www.isra.org
INSTATERIFLE &PISTOL ASS'N,INC. P.O. Box 40025 Indianapolis, IN 46240 812-534-3258 www.isrpa.org
IA FIREARMS COALITION PO Box 310 Moville, IA 51039 515-423-0391 www.iowafc.org
KS STATE RIFLE ASS'N P.O. Box 8760 Topeka, KS 66608 913-608-1910 www.kansasrifle.org
LEAGUE of KY SPORTSMEN, INC. 1116 Hume Rd Lexington, KY 40516 859-858-0135 www.kentuckysportsmen.com
LA SHOOTING ASS'N 350 Quill Ct. Slidell, LA 70461 985-781-4174 www.louisianashooting.com
ME PINETREESTATE R&PASS'N,INC 14 Pine Road Wiscasset, ME 04578 207-882-4713 www.mainerpa.org
MD STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASS'N 341 Whitfield Rd Catonsville, MD 21228 410-838-1734 www.msrpa.org
(MA) GUN OWNERS’ ACTION LEAGUE PO Box 567, 361 W Main St Northborough, MA 01606 508-393-5333 www.goal.org
MI RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N P.O. Box 71 Marshall, MI 49068-0071 586-727-1977 www.michrpa.com
MN RIFLE & REVOLVER ASS'N, INC. P.O. Box 143 Farmington, MN 55024 320-968-6898 www.mrra.org
MO SPORT SHOOTING ASS’N 6140 N. Wagon Trail Rd. Columbia, MO 65202-9658 573-449-2849 www.missourisportshooting.org
MAGNOLIA STATE SHOOTING SPORTS ALLIANCE PO BOX 15593 Hattiesburg, MS 39404-5593 601-260-1145 https://www.facebook.com/people/ Magnolia-State-Shooting-SportsAlliance/100092283475481/
MT RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N P.O. Box 48 Ramsay, MT 59748 406-696-5697 www.mtrpa.org
NE FIREARMS OWNERS ASSOCIATION PO Box 24714 Omaha, NE 68124 402-213-5600 www.nebraskafirearms.org/
NV FIREARMS COALITION 5575 Simmons St, Ste I-176 North Las Vegas, NV 89031 702-373-5935 www.nvfac.org
GUN OWNERS OF NH, INC. P.O. Box 847 Concord, NH 03302-0487 603-225-4664
ASS'N OF NJ R&P CLUBS, INC. 5 Sicomac Rd Ste 292 North Haledon, NJ 07508 973-764-4100 www.anjrpc.org
NM SHOOTING SPORTS ASS'N, INC. P.O. Box 93433 Albuquerque, NM 87199 505-990-1802 www.nmssa.org
NY STATE R&P ASS’N, INC. 713 Columbia Pike East Greenbush, NY 12061 518-272-2654 www.nysrpa.org
NC RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N P.O. Box 4116 Pinehurst, NC 28374 910-639-4742 www.ncrpa.org
NRA Affiliated State Associations
ND SHOOTING SPORTS ASS'N P.O. Box 228 Bismarck, ND 58502 701-255-4601 www.ndssa.org
OH RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N PO Box 1201 Morehead, KY 40351-5201 330-304-6908 www.orpa.net
OK LAHOMA RIRLE ASSOCIATION 1530 N. Harrison Box 333 Shawnee, OK 74804 405-374-9262 https://oklahomarifle.org/
OR STATE SHOOTING ASS’N P.O. Box 231191 Portland, OR 97281-1161 503-635-5874 https://keystone2a.org/
KEYSTONE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOCIATION 20021 North Front Street Building 3, Suite 233 Harrisburg, PA 17102 919-215-4161 www.ossa.org
GUNRIGHTS & SAFETY ASS'N OF PR PO Box 191919 San Juan, PR 00919-1919 787-691-1919 www.grsapr.org
RI 2nd AMENDMENT COALITION 928 Atwood Ave Johnston, RI 02919 401-944-1600 www.ri2nd.org
GUN OWNERS OF SC P.O. Box 211 Little Mountain, SC 29075 803-924-2665 www.gosc.org
SD SHOOTING SPORTS ASS'N 304 West Prospect Ave Pierre, SD 57501 605-660-1059 www.sdshootingsports.org
TN SHOOTING SPORTS ASS'N, INC. 4442 Gray's Point Rd Joelton, TN 37080 615-352-3954 www.tennesseeshootingsportsassociation.org
TX STATE RIFLE ASS'N P.O. Box 2140 Bastrop, TX 78640 512-615-4200 www.tsra.com
UT STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASS’N 2718 E. 9725 South Sandy, UT 84092-3405 801-942-6529 usrpa.org
VT FED'NOF SPRTMN’S CLUBS,INC. PO Box 225 Lyndonville, VT 05851 206-427-8257 www.vtfsc.com
VA SHOOTING SPORTS ASS’N P.O. Box 1258 Orange, VA 22960 540-672-5848 www.myvssa.org
WA STATE R&P ASS'N, INC. P.O. Box 64971 University Place, WA 98464 725-400-4867 www.wsrpa.net
WV STATE RIFLE & PISTOL ASSOC. PO Box 553 Charles Town, WV 25414 443-623-3150 www.wvasrpa.org
WISCONSIN FORCE PO Box 130 Seymour, WI 54165 608-445-6816 www.wisconsinfirearmowners.org
WY STATE SHOOTING ASS'N, INC. Box 942 Worland, WY 82401 307-347-8852 www.wyossa.com
Director of Field Staff
NRA Field Representative Directory
Bryan Hoover bhoover@nrahq.org
EASTERN REGION
Eastern Regional Director
Area 2 (NY, CT, MA, ME, NH, VT, RI)
Area 4 (DE, NJ, Eastern PA)
Area 5 (Western PA)
Area 7 (WV, Western VA, Western MD, KY)
Area 14 (IN)
Area 45 (DC, Eastern MD, Eastern VA)
Area 49 (OH)
David Wells dwells@nrahq.org
Shawn Sage ssage@nrahq.org
Cory Schaeffer cschaeffer@nrahq.org
Michael Swackhamer mswackhamer@nrahq.org
Josh Toennessen jtoennessen@nrahq.org
Brandon Spence bspence@nrahq.org
Marc Peugeot mpeugeot@nrahq.org
Area 51 (MI) VACANT
CENTRAL REGION
Central Regional Director
Area 17 (WI)
Area 18 (IL)
Area 19 (MO)
Area 20 (OK, KS)
Area 21 (MN, ND)
Area 23 (IA, NE)
Area 29 (WY, SD)
Area 30 (CO, UT)
SOUTHERN REGION
Southern Regional Director
Area 9 (SC, Eastern NC)
Area 10 (GA, AL, MS)
Area 26 (Southern & Western TX)
Area 16 (AR, LA)
Area 42 (NCW)
Area 43 (TN)
Area 44 (Eastern & Northern TX)
Area 48 (FL)
Donald Higgs dhiggs@nrahq.org
Tylor Flynn tflynn@nrahq.org
Jason Wolfe jwolfe@nrahq.org
Tim Besancenez tbesancenez@nrahq.org
Chad Grissom cgrissom@nrahq.org
Eric Linder elinder@nrahq.org
Tim Bacon tbacon@nrahq.org
Byron "Dusty" Klein bklein@nrahq.org
Brad Dreier bdreier@nrahq.org
Mike Webb mwebb@nrahq.org
Steve Slavik sslavik@nrahq.org
Richard Mulford rmulford@nrahq.org
Tyler Ward tward@nrahq.org
Alex Campbell acampbell@nrahq.org
Tom Knight tknight@nrahq.org
Liz Foley efoley@nrahq.org
Bret Eldridge peldridge@nrahq.org
NRA Field Representative Directory
WESTERN REGION
Western Regional Director
Area 28 (MT)
Area 31 (AZ, NM)
Area 33 (ID)
Area 34 (OR, HI, WA)
Area 35 (Northern CA, Central CA)
Area 46 (Eastern CA, NV)
Area 50 (CAM and CAS)
Area 53 (Alaska)
Important upcoming deadlines and events:
Brad Kruger bkruger@nrahq.org
Joseph Crismore jcrismore@nrahq.org
Ron Capalongan rcapalongan@nrahq.org
Steve Vreeland svreeland@nrahq.org
Robert Berg rberg@nrahq.org
Daniel Wilhelm dwilhelm@nrahq.org
Jody Lammel jlammel@nrahq.org
Jason Russo jrusso@nrahq.org
VACANT
NRA Great American Outdoor Show - Harrisburg, PA - PA Farm Show Complex - February 1-9, 2025 https://www.greatamericanoutdoorshow.org/
NRA Annual Meeting and Exhibits - Atlanta, GA - Georgia World Congress Center - April 24-27, 2025 https://www.nraam.org/
