{"id":32870,"date":"2014-12-19T08:25:37","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/?p=32870"},"modified":"2014-12-18T17:58:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T23:58:01","slug":"smith-wesson-sponsors-3rd-annual-a-girl-a-gun-training-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/smith-wesson-sponsors-3rd-annual-a-girl-a-gun-training-conference\/32870\/","title":{"rendered":"Smith &#038; Wesson Sponsors 3rd Annual A Girl &#038; A Gun Training Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"julianna-paulpluff\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/julianna-paulpluff.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Julianna Crowder, President and Founder of A Girl &amp; A Gun Women&#8217;s Shooting League, announced that the legendary American firearms maker Smith &amp; Wesson will once again be the presenting sponsor of the A Girl &amp; A Gun National Training Conference which is scheduled to take place in the beautiful Hill Country of Texas this coming April 15-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re very grateful to have the continued support of Smith &amp; Wesson. With its long history in American shooting sports, Smith &amp; Wesson has never wavered in its support of the woman shooter and has often led the industry in generously sponsoring efforts to bring more women into the shooting sports,\u201d said Crowder.<\/p>\n<p>The Third Annual A Girl &amp; A Gun National Training Conference, Presented by Smith &amp; Wesson, will be held at <a href=\"http:\/\/texasretreat.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Retreat at Balcones Springs<\/a> with the live-fire range sessions taking place at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.copperheadclub.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Copperhead Creek Shooting Club<\/a> located just outside Marble Falls, Texas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3rd-Annual-Conf-logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32872\" src=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3rd-Annual-Conf-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"3rd Annual Conf logo\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3rd-Annual-Conf-logo.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3rd-Annual-Conf-logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3rd-Annual-Conf-logo-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIt has been a pleasure working with A Girl &amp; A Gun over the last few years and we\u2019re excited to see this important organization grow. With more and more women becoming firearm owners and turning to the shooting sports, events like the A Girl &amp; A Gun National Training Conference are more important than ever and Smith &amp; Wesson is proud to once again be the presenting sponsor,\u201d said Paul Pluff of Smith &amp; Wesson.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for the 2015 A Girl &amp; A Gun National Training Conference is open to all members of A Girl &amp; A Gun, and members can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agirlandagun.org\/conference\/\" target=\"_blank\">register online<\/a> and find conference schedules and lodging information. Women interested in joining A Girl &amp; A Gun Women&#8217;s Shooting League and attending the 2015 Conference can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agirlandagun.org\/join-or-renew\/\" target=\"_blank\">find membership information<\/a> at AGirlAndAGun.org.<\/p>\n<p>A Girl &amp; Gun Women&#8217;s Shooting League is a ladies-only organization established by women shooters for women shooters who are interested in developing and improving their pistol, rifle and shotgun skills in a non-judgmental and encouraging environment. Founded in February of 2011 in Austin, Texas, A Girl &amp; A Gun today has more than 2,500 members and 75 chapters in 35 states, making it the fastest growing women&#8217;s shooting organization in the nation.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the 2015 A Girl &amp; A Gun National Conference, Presented by Smith &amp; Wesson, or to find an A Girl &amp; A Gun chapter near you, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.AGirlAndAGun.org\" target=\"_blank\">www.AGirlAndAGun.org<\/a>. You can also join the conversation online on Facebook at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AGirlandAGunClub\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com\/AGirlandAGunClub<\/a> or by following <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGAGClub\" target=\"_blank\">@AGAGClub<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas &#8211; Julianna Crowder, President and Founder of A Girl &amp; A Gun Women&#8217;s Shooting League, announced that the legendary American firearms maker Smith &amp; Wesson will once again be the presenting sponsor of the A Girl &amp; A Gun National Training Conference which is scheduled to take place in the beautiful Hill Country [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2731,59],"class_list":["post-32870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-from-the-industry","tag-a-girl-a-gun","tag-smith-wesson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32870\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}