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Encyclopedia > Law Enforcement Alliance of America
Gun politics in the United States
Americans for Democratic Action
Americans for Gun Safety Foundation
American Hunters and Shooters Association
Brady Campaign
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence
Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Gun Owners of America
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
Law Enforcement Alliance of America
League of Women Voters
Liberty Belles
National Rifle Association
Pink Pistols
Second Amendment Foundation
Second Amendment Sisters

Law Enforcement Alliance of America, or LEAA, is a gun rights organization in the United States, headquartered in Springfield, Virginia. Its membership is composed of active duty and retired law enforcement officers, crime victims, and other interested civilians. The organization is active in promoting the right of civilian concealed carry, and in strengthening laws to punish violent criminals. LEAA publishes a magazine, Shield. The political issues surrounding guns is an especially contentious topic in the United States. ... Americans For Democratic Action (ADA) was formed in January 1947, when Eleanor Roosevelt, John Kenneth Galbraith, Reinhold Niebuhr, Hubert Humphrey and 200 other activists. ... The Americans for Gun Safety Foundation is an organization which claims to 1) promote gun safety training and 2) advocate responsible gun laws.[1] The Americans for Gun Safety Foundation is a project of the Tides Center, and a Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. ... // Stated Purpose We invite you to join us today in fighting to protect our sport and our community! AHSA presents itself as a force of moderation in the gun control debate in the same vein as Americans for Gun Safety, although its true intent and purpose are in question. ... The Brady Campaign or The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence or The Brady Campaign united with the Million Mom March was founded in 1974 as The National Council to Control Handguns (NCCH) by Dr. Mark Borinsky, a victim of gun violence. ... The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence in the United States is a not-for-profit organization headed by James Brady, former U.S. White House Press Secretary to President Ronald W. Reagan. ... Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, or CCRKBA, is a gun rights organization in the United States, headquartered in Bellevue, Washington. ... The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence or CSGV is a non-partisan group of 45 organizations and 100,000 individual members founded in 1974 that seeks to ban handguns and assault weapons in the United States. ... Gun Owners of America is the second largest gun rights organization in America. ... The first Granpa Jack Freedom Booklet published by the JPFO. Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership or JPFO is a group dedicated to the preservation of gun rights in the United States. ... The League of Women Voters is a United States non-partisan political organization founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt during a meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association. ... This article concerns the National Rifle Association of the USA. For the UK organisation, see National Rifle Association, UK The National Rifle Association, or NRA, is a 501(c)(4) group for the protection of gun rights in the United States, established in New York in 1871 as the American... The Pink Pistols are a gay gun rights organization in the United States. ... The Second Amendment Foundation or SAF is an educational and legal defense organization which describes its mission as ...promoting a better understanding about our Constitutional heritage to privately own and possess firearms. ... Second Amendment Sisters, Inc. ... The phrase Gun politics refers to the views of different people within a particular country as to what degree of control (increased gun rights vs. ... Springfield is a census-designated place and an unincorporated community located in Fairfax County, Virginia. ... For the band, see The Police. ... A civilian is a person who is not a member of a military. ... In the United States, concealed carry is the right to carry a handgun or other weapon in public in a concealed manner. ...


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