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

Anti-gun rally hopes to push for Philadelphia gun control

The city of Philadelphia is one of many large urban centers that has seen a sizeable increase in violent crimes over the last few years. I’ve joked that it’s still the City of Brotherly Love, it’s just that the brothers are Cain and Abel. read more

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Defense Stories

Florida Self-Defense: Bouncer outside Tampa 'Gentlemen’s Club' disarms lunatic, prevents killing spree

A bouncer outside a “gentleman’s club” in Tampa intercepted a big guy wearing a devil mask with a gun in one hand and a flashlight in the other. Once the bouncer and a couple of others disarmed the man, they noticed he had “kill” and “darkk one” scrawled on his arms. read more

Legal News

North Carolina's Democrat Governor Vetoes Handgun Permit Repeal

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) vetoed legislation Friday that would have repealed the requirement that state residents get a permit before purchasing a handgun. read more

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Upcoming Event

Concealed Carry Seminar Hosted by Right 2 Liberty Beaver County

We will be presenting specifically to the membership of Right 2 Liberty Beaver County for a concealed carry seminar. FOAC-ILLEA President Jim Stoker and friends will be presenting such topics as sources of law, defining firearms, when do you need a license to carry firearms, what to do when you encounter law enforcement, where you can or can not carry, reciprocity, use of force, presumptions of threat, stand your ground, castle doctrine, liability, and what to expect if you have to use your firearm in self-defense. We also offer a Q&A session after to discuss personal questions or concerns. We hope to see you there!! 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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