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Defending gun ownership: Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, answers questions about the Second Amendment, concealed-carry laws, and how best to argue for gun rights.(Interview)

The New American

| April 28, 2008 | McManus, John F. | COPYRIGHT 2008 American Opinion Publishing, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Larry Pratt is executive director of Gun Owners of America, a no-compromise pro-gun lobbying organization that supports the rights of gun owners guaranteed by the Second Amendment. He also hosts GAO's weekly radio program Live Fire.

THE NEW AMERICAN: What's the main goal of your organization ?

Larry Pratt: Gun Owners of America is organized to lobby Congress to focus on pro-Second Amendment legislation and actually to try and get what's been put on the books taken off, as the federal government has no authority regulating guns.

TNA: How do you differ from other groups that are also doing this?

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