Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership
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| Gun Interest Groups in the U.S. |
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| National Rifle Association |
| Gun Owners of America |
| Jews for the Preservation |
| of Firearms Ownership |
| Pink Pistols |
| Second Amendment Sisters |
| Brady Campaign |
| Coalition to Stop Gun Violence |
| Americans for Gun Safety |
Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership or JPFO is a group dedicated to the preservation of gun rights in the United States. They interpret the Second Amendment as granting the right of firearm ownership to all private citizens. Members do not have to be Jewish. The only membership requirement is support of the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution and the remainder of the United States Constitution and United States Bill of Rights.
JPFO publishes the "Gran'pa Jack Freedom Booklets" and offers videos, T-shirts and other items. Their lapel pin is a rounded blue trapezoid with the JPFO symbols in gold-tone.
JPFO's political positions
The JPFO is probably most noted for its claim that the Gun Control Act of 1968, passed under the leadership of then-Senator Thomas J. Dodd, was inspired by a Nazi-era German law called (roughly translated) the National Weapons Law. [1] (http://www.jpfo.org/GCA_68.htm). That claim is based in part by the fact that the 1968 GCA introduces the "sporting purpose" test to separate different types of weapons, similar to the "sporting purpose" test that existed in the German law in question.
External link
- Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership (http://www.jpfo.org/)