Before taking on oversight of the NRA Museums, Jim Supica was an antique gun dealer, peddling old iron through his mail order catalog, website and auction business. He holds Juris Doctorate and Bachelor degrees from the University of Kansas. Jim is author or co-author of six books on firearms.
He’s written numerous articles on gun collecting, including regular columns for American Rifleman and Shotgun News; is a contributing editor for the major firearms price guides; and appears on television, radio and webcasts.
Supica served eight years on the NRA Board of Directors, including stints as chairman of the Publications Policy Committee and Vice Chairman of the Gun Collectors Committee. He is a past president of the Smith & Wesson Collectors Association and Missouri Valley Arms Collectors Association, a former board member of the Colt Collectors Association, and a member of American Society of Arms Collectors and other collecting and shooting clubs. Jim collects 19th century big frame S&W revolvers and serial number one guns, and his favorite gun in the museum is Theodore Roosevelt’s S&W New Model No. 3.
Listen in with Michael and Dave as they touch on NRA programs. How can I get one here? What do I need to do? How much does each program cost? What prerequisites are there? We cover all that. Reach out to NRA and IFC to get a program or training up and running in your neighborhood!
Doug Hamlin joins IFC today for our 100th Warrior Wednesday Episode. WOOT! The NRA CEO and EVP came to lead NRA forward after a lifetime of hard work, honor and service, but don’t expect this humble, down-to-earth leader to tell you so himself. “I’m a Midwesterner at heart. I’m from the great state of Michigan,” he said. “At a young age, I had high hopes to be a U.S. Marine, and I was fortunate to get that opportunity. I served on active duty for six years as an infantry officer, and I also was on recruiting duty.”
Of course, there’s no such thing as a “retired” Marine, but once Hamlin’s active duty had come to a close, he chose to serve America in a new way: Championing the American tradition of firearms ownership and gun safety for Petersen Publishing Company, which houses such titles as Guns & Ammo and MotorTrend. It was only natural that his star would one day rise over the National Rifle Association.
Hamlin’s star shines not for self-glorification, but only as a navigation point, like the North Star. The destination: home. “We want you to go to NRA.org, join, get your friends to renew their memberships, donate to our organization, learn about the programs that are available, and support the organization,” said Hamlin.
“We need you to come home. We need you now more than ever before.”
Are “Forced Reset Triggers” (AKA Binary Triggers) Legal in Iowa Code? YES, They Are! A commonn question we get at IFC:
I was wondering what the legality is of forced reset, or binary triggers, is in the state of Iowa currently?
Richard Rogers, IFC Board member and chief lobbyist, gives us the skinny:
Iowa Code 724.29 was enacted in 1990 as a reaction to the introduction of bolt-on trigger cranks. The law prohibits the sale or offering for sale of “a manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when attached to a firearm increases the rate of fire of the firearm”. (See below and at link.) It does NOT prohibit the possession or use of such devices.
FRTs, binary triggers, and the like are replacement triggers. They are NOT “trigger activating devices” and were not designed until decades after the enactment of this statute.
724.29 Firearm devices. A person who sells or offers for sale a manual or power-driven trigger activating device constructed and designed so that when attached to a firearm increases the rate of fire of the firearm is guilty of an aggravated misdemeanor.
Manufacturers and distributors of binary triggers and the like have been reluctant to sell into Iowa. They either misunderstand the law or simply don’t believe that the potential reward in this market overcomes any potential risk of legal complications, should some prosecutor try to “stretch” the current law. The law mentions a design the “increases the rate of fire”, but specifically prohibits only “trigger activating devices”, NOT triggers.
IFC had draft legislation prepared in this legislative session that would have repealed Iowa Code 724.29 and made other needed changes to Chapter 724-Weapons, but the Chairman of the House Public Safety Committee declined to consider the bill. We will continue to work on this issue. IFC receives frequent inquiries and requests on this.
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