The American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) was created to mislead sportsmen and convince them to support politicians who oppose the Second Amendment right to bear arms. 

The truth is, AHSA is a group of political operatives with ties to the most anti-gun politicians and groups in America: 

• AHSA president Ray Schoenke has a long history of campaign donations to the most anti-gun politicians in America, including Al Gore, John Kerry, Barbara Boxer, Bill Clinton, Dianne Feinstein and Ted Kennedy!
• In 2000, Schoenke donated $5,000 to the Brady Campaign, when it was still called Handgun Control, Inc., a group that wants to ban gun ownership in America! Shoenke's wife donated another $5,000 to Brady!
• Former AHSA Board member, John Rosenthal, is the leader of Stop Handgun Violence, the Massachusetts anti-gun group.
• Their Executive Director, Bob Ricker, has been a paid expert witness against firearms manufacturers in a number of lawsuits filed seeking to hold gun manufacturers responsible for the acts of criminals! 

AHSA has continued their activism for anti-gun politicians and causes: 

• AHSA has endorsed Barack Obama, who has a long record of anti-gun votes and statements and who would be the most anti-gun President in history!
• AHSA has attacked NRA for not endorsing the same radical politicians as groups like Sierra Club. Politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Charles Schumer and even Ted Kennedy who has repeatedly tried to ban most ammunition used by hunters. 

AHSA is not a pro-gun group and has not been a part of any legislative effort that benefits hunters. They have instead spent their money on efforts to elect anti-gun politicians. Now they want sportsmen to buy the lie that Barack Obama will not oppose gun rights. 

It should be no surprise to any informed gun owner that AHSA has endorsed the same candidate for President as the anti-gun Brady Campaign, and the radical anti-hunting Humane Society of the United States! 

AHSA would be more correctly called the "American Association for the Protection of Anti-Gun Politicians."  No gun owner or sportsman should fall prey to its carefully crafted lies and deceptions.