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NRA President's Testimony During Congressional Debate of the National Firearms Act of 1934Introduction by Angel ShamayaDirector@KeepAndBearArms.comTranscript from U.S. Government Printing OfficeMarch 4, 2004KeepAndBearArms.com -- Congressional hearings over the National Firearms Act of 1934 (H.R.9066) took place April 16 & 18 and May 14, 15, & 16 of 1934. Then-NRA President Karl T. Frederick testified on behalf of the National Rifle Association (NRA). His testimony is below and includes the text in full plus scanned images of each page.Before you read the full transcript, your attention is drawn to a few of excerpts that might interest you as a friend of...

I recently found my copy of Gun Owners of America's "The Gun Owners," Volume 13, Number 5, November 3, 1994, and reread its headline article, "Every Vote Counts this Year," by GOA Executive Director Larry Pratt. It says all we need to know about Homeland Security "czar" (why don't they ever say "fuhrer"?) Tom Ridge, and explains his hostility toward both arming commercial pilots and activating the Constitution's citizen militia in contrast to his stated goals and this country's needs. Per Pratt: "Congressman Thomas Ridge of Pennsylvania was a surprise vote for the ban on so-called 'assault weapons.' Pennsylvania is...