Firearms Owners Against Crime - Institute for Legislative, Legal and Educational Action

The purposes for which the corporation is organized are to promote social welfare within the meaning of section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to:(1) developing and advocating for legislation, regulations, and government programs to improve safety, protect citizens, stimulate sportsmen's activities and safe legal firearm ownership (2) conducting research and publicizing the positions of elected officials concerning these issues (3)for legal defense of firearms and sportsmen's related issues (4) to educate the public on safe and legal firearm ownership, and Constitutional Issues thereof.

The specific objectives FOAC-ILLEA:

to provide instruction and education in Constitutional Rights, the impact of current and proposed laws and regulations affecting those rights, firearms safety and governmental policies that affect the general public welfare
to provide analysis of proposed firearms and sporting related legislation to the government on the impact and ramifications of proposed legislation
to develop educational material in firearms safety
to develop educational material on current laws pertaining to firearms ownership for both Pennsylvania and the United States
to sponsor, host and/or participate in events and activities that promote the sport of hunting, fishing, shooting and outdoor activities
to sponsor, host and/or participate in events and activities that promote Pennsylvania or United States Constitutional Values
to sponsor, host and/or participate in events and activities that promote the education of individuals in firearms safety and current law
conducting research and publicizing the positions of elected officials concerning firearm sportsmen's related issues
defend firearm related issues thru legal defense and directed legislative action including grassroots action

The Latest From FOAC ILLEA

FOAC ILLEA News

News from the front lines ... Harrisburg

Well gang, as expected the biased and anti-Constitution gang in the House Judiciary Committee, led by tyrant-in-chief Briggs passed five of the gun control bills out of the committee and reported them to the House floor. As expected, the Democrats controlled the vote 14-11 straight party lines showing not one of them understand the meaning of the phrase "shall not be questioned" from our Commonwealth Constitution. The five bills moving to the floor are as follows: read more

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Defense Stories

Illinois Self-Defense: Car thieves' heroin-fueled joy ride comes to screeching halt with the help of 2 armed homeowners

One Illinois suspect accused of stealing a car and crashing it in a field was released from police custody under the state's Pretrial Fairness Act read more

Legal News

Judge Denies Preliminary Injunctions to Block New Mexico’s Gun Ban

A District Court Judge in New Mexico denied a preliminary injunction to stop the current version of Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s public health order that banned guns in Bernalillo County public parks and playgrounds. read more

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Upcoming Event

USCCA Protecting Yourself in PA Seminar with PA Gun Law and Use of Force Presented by FOAC-ILLEA

You're Invited!Delta Defense, LLC service provider for the US Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) is proud to announce a special training event occurring at Guthsville Rod and Gun Club in Orefield, PASEMINAR DETAILS• Speakers: • Jim Stoker: President of Firearms Owners Against Crime Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action• Will Hoffert: USCCA Account Executive • Klint Macro: Regional Training Manager• Sponsored by: FOAC-ILLEA and the USCCA• Cost: $10 per Person• BONUS: All Attendees Will Receive a Copy of "Should I Shoot?" — a USCCA Best-Selling Book ($30 Value)Topics Covered Include: • Learn about the details and benefits of a USCCA membership • Learn about safety and defense training opportunities from USCCA Partners and Instructors• The Pennsylvania Gun Law portion of the seminar will be presented by subject matter expert, Jim Stoker. FOAC-ILLEA is Pennsylvania's preeminent pro-2nd amendment/anti-crime organization. USCCA/FOAC-ILLEA Presents: Self-Defense Legal SeminarDon't miss this important, informative event!Education is a primary mission of both the USCCA and FOAC-ILLEA. Take advantage of this opportunity to learn how to better protect yourself physically, legally, and financially and become a member of the USCCA and FOAC-ILLEA. Reserve your seat today by registering below! read more

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Quotes

"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."

- Thomas Paine
"There is a degree of depravity in mankind which requires a certain degree of circumspection and distrust."

- James Madison
"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power."

- Thomas Jefferson
"Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms."

- James Madison
"If the federal government should overpass the just bounds of its authority and make a tyrannical use of its powers, the people, whose creature it is, must appeal to the standard they have formed, and take such measures to redress the injury done to the Constitution as the exigency may suggest and prudence justify."

- Alexander Hamilton (1788)
"If we are to be told by a foreign Power ... what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little."

- George Washington (1796)
"I ask you sir, what is a militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."

- George Mason
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the people's liberty's teeth."

- George Washington
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”

- John Adams
"A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government."

- George Washington
"It does not take a majority to prevail...but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."

- Samuel Adams

Training Tip

The Real Reason You Need to Clean Your Carry Gun On a Regular Basis

Should you clean your handgun after every use? Most modern-day service handguns are built to handle a tremendous amount of use and abuse. They’ll continue to function even when they’re filthy dirty. Just Google your favorite polymer pistol and the words “torture test.” read more

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