Representing the 2014 NRA annual meetings as the official sponsor. Our next guest created
the Friends of NRA and NRA Roundup programs back in 1992. Since then those programs have raised
more than two hundred and forty million dollars for this cause. He led his company to the 2009
Baldrige National Quality Award, our nation's highest honor for excellence in innovation and
performance. This man, his wife Brenda and their family, are leaders in their support of the NRA,
conservation groups in the shooting sports industry. Please join me in a warm welcome
to our good friend the CEO of MidwayUSA Larry Potterfield and his wife Brenda.
Good afternoon, thank you very much, January the 2nd of 1992 we started asking our customers at
MidwayUSA if they would round up their order to the next higher dollar and let us donate
that money to the National Rifle Association Institute for legislative action the National
Endowment for the Protection of the Second Amendment, that's a pretty long word. Our
customers overwhelmingly said yes and so every Tuesday since then we've been sending a check
to ILA and it obviously adds up a lot. We come to the annual conventions and we like to present
a ceremonial check to Kris and so Kate if you'll be kind enough to bring out the ceremonial check
we'll present this which is the sum of all your contributions to the NRA roundup program since
the second day of January in 1992. I want to read this number to you, nine million eight
hundred and ninety-two thousand one hundred and ninety-five dollars and eighty two cents.
That's through today, and it's your money thank you so very much for the contributions.
I'm gonna say, just thank you. Where's my good friend my Air Force buddy from 35 years
ago Mike McGill? I'll be out to see ya in a minute buddy. I just want to make a couple of
comments. My vision for America is that we will always be the greatest nation on earth for the
benefit of our citizens and the citizens of the world. We'll be first and freedom,
first in democracy, first in education and productivity, and we'll be first in
generosity. That's my vision for America and I hope that each of you share with me.
I know this probably sounds like something from an election year speech, well you know
it is an election year and this is kind of a political forum. I'm not running for office,
but I do believe that to achieve this vision America needs the National Rifle Association
of America. I'm Larry Potterfield with MidwayUSA thanks for your business.