Interview with Erich Pratt Executive Director of Gun Owners of America

By John Crump

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun Owners of America is known as the “no compromise” gun lobby. Founded in 1976 by Bill Richardson, the organization, has been on the frontline of the battle to protect the Second Amendment. GOA has opposed everything from background checks to The Firearm Owners’ Protection Act of 1986 (FOPA), which banned the private ownership of new machine guns.

People of the left have long attacked GOA for being too extreme. Chris Matthews has referred to GOA as “tougher than the NRA.” Stephen Cobert and other late night “comedians” also have attacked the group.

Even Harry Reid said, “The NRA is bad, really bad. Gun Owners of America is even worse than bad.”

These negative statements don’t bother GOA. If everyone likes you, then you are not doing your job. Gun Owners of America has been doing their job with successful campaigns to defeat anti-gun legislation.

In 2006 GOA successfully lobbied Congress to pass an amendment to prevent federal funds from being used for gun confiscations during national emergencies such as what we saw during hurricane Katrina. They helped to urge Congress to block the FCC from enacting “The Fairness Doctrine.” Most importantly, they successfully pushed Congress to let the …Read the Rest

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