1. Several years after graduating from American University with a degree in political science, Larry Pratt took the helm of Gun Owners of America in 1976, one year after the organization was founded.
17 Facts About Larry Pratt
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Larry Pratt was elected to the state legislature of Virginia, as a Republican member of the 1980 session of the Virginia House of Delegates, elected from the 19th district in Fairfax County.
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Larry Pratt served on the Conservation and Natural Resources and Labor and Commerce committees.
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Larry Pratt was a Reagan delegate to the 1980 Republican National Convention.
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In October 1992, at Estes Park, Colorado, Larry Pratt was noted as a moderate conservative presenter at a three-day meeting organized by Christian Identity pastor Pete Peters in the wake of the Ruby Ridge incident.
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In February 1996, the liberal Center for Public Integrity issued a report that claimed Larry Pratt spoke at meetings organized by white supremacist and militia leaders.
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Larry Pratt addressed delegates at the 1996 national convention of the US Taxpayers Party.
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In Northern Ireland in 2004, Larry Pratt accompanied loyalist and paramilitary sympathizer Willie Frazer on a tour of South Armagh whilst calling for the Protestant population to be routinely armed.
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Larry Pratt has founded a variety of organizations, including English First, Gun Owners of America, US Border Control, and Committee to Protect the Family.
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Larry Pratt is the president of English First, an organization within the English-only movement.
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Larry Pratt helped found and served as secretary of the Council for Inter-American Security, which was founded in 1976.
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Larry Pratt has served as a board member of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
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Larry Pratt has been listed as a member of the Council for National Policy.
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In reference to the killing of Trayvon Martin, Larry Pratt declared that Martin was at fault for not running away after knocking down George Zimmerman, who was following Trayvon under suspicion "[Martin] should have run away," Larry Pratt said.
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Larry Pratt doubled down, and he started to really beat the tar out of the guy.
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In May 2016, Larry Pratt suggested that the loss of a conservative majority in the Supreme Court through a Democratic victory in the 2016 Presidential elections might lead him and other gun owners to use violence in order to resist any judicial ruling supporting gun control, saying 'we may have to reassert that proper constitutional balance, and it may not be pretty.
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Larry Pratt endorses "Kinderguardians", a fake program to teach and arm schoolchildren as young as three to protect themselves in the classroom.