FNP 002 : Mike Foley - Mr. President

Mike Foley is the president of the United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA).  He was elected a year ago and since then the membership has gone up and he has introduced a new division, Pistol Caliber Carbine, into competition.  Mike has also taken on several major issues including having a Spring Nationals (the Optic Nationals going on the weekend of 3/25/17) and possible explosion from the International Pistol Shooting Confederation (IPSC) which governs the 2017 World Shoot in France.   Mike has a background in competitive shooting and worked for a company that sold shooting related products for many years.  Mike talks about how to get new shooters into the sport, how to keep and maintain a solid Ladies division and will US competitors be arrested in France if they show up with their firearms for the World Shoot.   Links mentioned in the episode:   https://www.uspsa.org   https://uspsanationals.org/2016/11/03/2017-uspsa-optic-sight-national-championship/   http://www.ipsc.org   And don't forget you can connect with Firearms Nation or just stop by and say hi on these social media links:   Facebook  www.facebook.com/firearmsnation Twitter  twitter.com/Firearms_Nation YouTube http://www.youtube.com/c/firearmsnation Instagram http://www.instagram.com/firearms_nation   Or on the web at:   www.firearmsnation.com   JOIN THE NATION!