Larry Pratt has been Executive Director of Gun Owners of America for 22 years. GOA is a national membership organization of over 150,000 Americans dedicated to promoting their second amendment freedom to keep and bear arms.

GOA lobbies for the pro-gun position in Washington and is involved in firearms issues in the states. GOA's work includes providing legal assistance to those involved in law suits with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, the federal firearms law enforcement agency.

Pratt has appeared on numerous national radio and TV programs such as CNN's Crossfire and Larry King Live, The Morton Downey Show, Geraldo, CBS' 48 Hours, ABC's Nightline and many others. He has debated Congressmen James Traficant, Jr. (D-OH), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), among others. His columns have appeared in newspapers across the country.

He published a book, Armed People Victorious, in 1990 and was editor of a book, Safeguarding Liberty The Constitution & Citizen Militias, in 1995.

Pratt has held elective office in the state legislature of Virginia, serving in the House of Delegates. Pratt directs a number of other public interest organizations and serves as the Vice-Chairman of the American Institute for Cancer Research.

To receive membership information on Gun Owners of America, please call 1-800-417-1486. The Gun Owners of America Internet Web site may be accessed at: http://www.gunowners.org