Iowa Gun Owners Annual Rally

Iowa Gun Owners Annual Rally
Key-Note Speaker: Tom Moore Washington representative for Fabrique Nationale Herstal (FNH), the world’s leading manufacture of military small arms.

Steamboat Rock, Iowa –-(AmmoLand.com)- The board of directors of Iowa Gun Owners would like to invite you to our annual Freedom Rally.

This will be a wonderful time to come out and meet some of the board members and director of Iowa Gun Owners and take part in a fantastic afternoon program where we celebrate our 2nd Amendment rights!

Here are the details:

• Date: Saturday June 19, 2010
• Time: 1:00pm until approximately 7:00pm
• Location: Pine Ridge Campground, Steamboat Rock, Iowa

Starting at 1:00pm we will be hosting an open range time where you can shoot your own weapons or those that are provided on the park firing range. During this time, we will have firearms instructors on site to help teach newer shooters how to safely and effectively handle firearms of all makes and models.

There will be room here for the newest shooter or for one who’s been enjoying his/her 2nd Amendment rights for decades! (Want to buy a new gun? This may be a chance to come and test one out as we will have many different types of weapons on site.)

Our BBQ grills will start at 4:30pm and we will begin serving at 5:00pm. You are invited to attend. This will be followed at 6:00pm by our keynote speaker, and trust us, you won’t want to miss Tom Moore’s presentation regarding attacks on our gun rights – from right here in Iowa all the way up to the United Nations’ proposed Small Arms Treaty and what you can do to help stop it.

We also have an array of solidly pro-gun members from the Iowa House and Senate who have already confirmed they will be present and you will have the opportunity to hear, first hand, how effective your support of Iowa Gun Owners has been in the 2nd Amendment fight here in Iowa.

In addition, several candidates for the House and Senate have also made plans to attend this event, giving you a chance to ask the tough questions to those candidates that want to represent you in Des Moines next January.

This is going to be a family event so feel free to bring the whole family and make a day of it. There are modern restrooms available, a playground for the kids, and access nearby to hotels or camping should you prefer to stay overnight.

If you can’t come for the day but would like to shoot for a few hours, or can’t come until later but would like to hear our keynote speaker, don’t worry – you can attend for the whole day or just an hour.

This will be Iowa Gun Owners’ annual membership event – make sure you don’t miss this exciting opportunity to enjoy and help preserve your 2nd Amendment freedoms.

This is a free event; however we will be accepting your generous donations to cover both the cost of the event and continue the fight for your 2nd Amendment rights here in Iowa as we enter the 2010 campaign cycle.

You can indicate your intention to attend this event by:

• Emailing us at: [email protected] (preferred) or
• Calling us at 515-309-7858.

(When contacting us please tell us how many people will be attending in your party so we can better prepare for all the food we will need.)

Resume on Key-Note Speaker Tom Moore:
Current Washington representative for Fabrique Nationale Herstal (FNH), the world’s leading manufacturer of military small arms; Also represents the sporting arms producers Browning and Winchester; From 1995 to 1998, Tom was director of the international and defense studies at The Heritage Foundation; From 1992 to 1995 was a Professional Staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where his portfolio included strategic missile programs, ballistic missile defense, and U.S. operations abroad; Helped conduct a comprehensive survey of training and operational units of the Armed Forces in CONUS and overseas. Security Clearances when last active were Top Secret/SCI; Former officer in the U.S. Army Reserve (Armor Branch), and completed the U.S. Army Armor Basic and Infantry Officer Advanced courses; 1970 graduate of The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, attended the University of Grenoble, France under a French Government bourse d’etude (awarded from the Georgetown University); Moore is an avid skier and Scuba diver and a skilled marksman, and participates in various tactical shooting activities (handgun, combat shotgun, tactical rifle, long-range precision rifle), and in sports shooting (skeet, trap, and sporting clays.)

Items to bring:
Some hard chairs will be provided but feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair and sun screen, your personal firearms and ammo. IGO will provide a variety of weapons to practice with under supervision and, on a limited basis, ammo for them to shoot.

Directions to Rally:
From US Highway 20 (east bound – south east of Iowa Falls) turn south on County Road D-35 off exit 175, travel one mile south and then continue on D35, as it turns east, 3½ miles to the Iowa River bridge. Immediately before the bridge turn left (north) on gravel road into the Pine Ridge County Park and follow the signs.

From U.S. Highway 20 (west bound – west of Cedar Falls) turn south on County Road S-56, off exit 181 (ethanol plant corner), travel 3¾ miles to County Road D-35 on east side of Steamboat Rock. Turn west on D-35 and travel through Steamboat Rock (approx. ½ mile) until crossing the Iowa Riverbridge. Immediately upon crossing, turn right (north) on gravel road into the Pine Ridge County Park and follow the signs.

About:
Iowa Gun Owners (IGO) was formed in January of 2009 to combat the oppressive gun laws in the State of Iowa. IGO does not believe that you, as a law abiding citizen, should have to beg permission from the government to be able to defend yourself and your family. That’s why we are working so hard to get a Vermont/Alaska style carry law passed in Iowa. In these states, unless you are a convicted felon or otherwise barred from possessing weapons, you don’t need a permit to carry a gun for self-defense! Join us now! Visit: www.iowagunowners.org