John Snyder is the author of Gun Saint, a book about a canonized Catholic saint who used handguns in 1860 to rescue Italian villagers from a gang of terrorists.

He has been quoted extensively and testified before Congress and various state legislatures in defense of carrying firearms.

John has written about the merits of ordinary, responsible citizens bearing arms to protect themselves and their communities.

Snyder is Public Affairs Director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, Chairman of the St. Gabriel Possenti Society and Vice President of the National Association of Chiefs of Police.