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He notes that 40 percent of members identify as Democrats. Kevin Michalowski, executive editor of Concealed Carry Magazine, which is published by USCCA, said gun owners need the NRA to lobby for them but that people appreciate the USCCA’s diversity. “In the event that it goes sideways and you have to defend yourself they are right there with you to say, ‘Hey we are right there with you to help you with the legal fallout, the emotional fallout of having to defend yourself like this,'” Head said. He said the USCCA’s legal protection is one of the reasons he prefers that organization. Head recently dropped his membership with the NRA. It became second nature to carry a firearm with me.” “I know it’s highly unlikely, but there is always a chance something could happen. “I wouldn’t jump out of an airplane without my parachute,” Head said. These days the Benton, Illinois resident has about half a dozen guns and carries one with him whenever he leaves the house.
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Guns have been part of Chet Head‘s life since he was old enough to shoot aluminum cans with his grandfather. Most people choose the middle package, which costs $30 a month and covers $1.1 million of legal costs if a member needs an attorney after using their firearm. USCCA members are offered three tiers of education and legal protection.
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“Because of our efforts and that of our members, other organizations are able to operate and to make a living off the NRA’s steadfast commitment to preserving and expanding self-defense laws.” “The NRA works tirelessly to pass laws in every state that allow for open and concealed carry,” Hunter said in a written statement. NRA spokeswoman Amy Hunter said the organization is in the business of protecting and expanding Second Amendment and hunting rights for all Americans. “If what the USCCA is doing can educate consumers and offer additional information and causes the NRA to sharpen their pencils and do a better job, then in the end everyone wins,” Schmidt said. Schmidt doesn’t dispute the fact that he is competing with the NRA. Its lobbying arm is both impressive and feared. The NRA was founded nearly 150 years ago and says it currently has about 5 million members across the country. Today, the USCCA employs about 300 people and has more than 300,000 members. Eventually, the magazine grew and so did the company. Tim’s engineering business paid the bills while the group got off the ground. It took two years to publish the first magazine. “I remember sitting in the hospital holding my young son in my arms thinking it’s my responsibility to protect and defend this little guy I’ve got to figure out how to do it,” he said. When the couple had their first child, Tim Schmidt says he went through a self-defense awakening. Tim and Tonnie Schmidt started the USCCA in their West Bend home 17 years ago by first publishing a self-defense magazine. “They are not as tightly focused in family protection. “The NRA is a much broader prospective,” she said.
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