{"id":657,"date":"2023-01-11T21:06:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=657"},"modified":"2023-01-11T21:06:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T21:06:09","slug":"pa-goa-welcomes-suk-smith-as-new-pa-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/?p=657","title":{"rendered":"PA: GOA Welcomes Suk Smith as New PA Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h2><strong>GOA&#8217;s Commitment to the Commonwealth and Other States Deepens<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_771147\" style=\"width: 247px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-771147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Suk Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I am delighted to announce Suk Smith as the new Pennsylvania Director for Gun Owners of America effective January 9, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you already know Suk as a staunch advocate within Pennsylvania gun politics.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Suk served as the 2nd\u00a0Amendment Director and Regional Field Director for Dave McCormick\u2019s U.S. Senate campaign. Previously, Suk was the Director of Coalitions and Second Amendment\/Sportsmen for the Trump Victory 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Suk\u2019s experience doesn\u2019t end with her extensive background in politics. Suk is a firearms instructor holding certifications from USCCA in Conceal Carry\/Home Defense, Women\u2019s Handgun and Self Defense.<\/p>\n<p>So, why the change?<\/p>\n<p><strong>As of January 8th, I have assumed the role of National Director for State and Local Affairs at Gun Owners of America. This means that I\u2019m now in charge of all state and regional operations throughout the United States and can no longer function as PA Director.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Suk\u2019s new position as GOA\u2019s Pennsylvania Director is a positive thing. It demonstrates GOA\u2019s commitment to our expanding state operations throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>I would ask that you give Suk your full support as GOA\u2019s new leader in the Keystone State.<\/p>\n<p>In Liberty,<\/p>\n<p>Val W. Finnell, MD, MPH<br \/>\nNational Director, State and Local Affairs<br \/>\nGun Owners of America<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunowners.org\/pa-goa-welcomes-suk-smith-as-new-pa-director\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOA&#8217;s Commitment to the Commonwealth and Other States Deepens Suk Smith I am delighted to announce Suk Smith as the new Pennsylvania Director for Gun Owners of America effective January 9, 2023. Many of you already know Suk as a staunch advocate within Pennsylvania gun politics. Most recently, Suk served as the 2nd\u00a0Amendment Director and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-2a-rights"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americangunpeople.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}