John F. Annoni

John Frank Annoni is an educator, gun rights advocate, author and outdoor mentor and activist.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} He is known for founding the Camp Compass Academy, a non profit organization and educational system for outdoor activity mainly for youth and the awareness campaigns Hunting Awareness and 2 Million Bullets.^{[6][7][8][9][10]} In 2008, he was nominated by Outdoor Life as one of the OL25 for "changing the face of hunting and fishing".^[11][12]

Biography

Annoni graduated from Kutztown University in 1989 with a Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education.^[6]

Camp Compass Academy

In 1994, while teaching at Cleveland elementary school, he started Camp Compass Academy, an outdoor activity organization for encouraging urban children to undertake and pursue outdoor activities.^{[13][14][15][16]} Annoni initiated the campaign 2 Million Bullets after the shooting death of one of his students, which promotes hunting and shooting education among the youth.^[8][17][18]

Youth and firearm advocacy

Annoni is known for appearing in TV shows, podcast and radio shows as a speaker advocating for firearm education and conservation.^{[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]} He is also known for his efforts towards diversity, equity and inclusion in the outdoor activities.^[29] In 2015, as an advocate of gun culture and gun rights, Annoni was in news for the debate with Michael Bloomberg about his statement regarding gun control.^[30][31] He also testified for the SHARE Act in the US House of Representatives "To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes".^[32]

In 2018, Annoni initiated Hunting Awareness, a societal awareness program to amass solidarity amongst sportsmen and women. The program operates with an orange camouflage symbolic 'ribbon wearing' amongst its community members and adherents.^[33][34][35]

Books authored

• Beyond One Day: A Framework for Developing the Social and Academic Character of America's Youth. United States: John Annoni LLC, 2014. ISBN 978-0-692-30245-3.^[36][37]
• From the Hood to the Woods, United States: John Annoni LLC, ISBN 978-0578010441

Further reading

• Stube, Greg., Miniter, Frank. Conquer Anything: A Green Beret's Guide to Building Your A-Team. United States: Smashwords Edition, 2018. ISBN 9781682614846^[38]
• Pennsylvania Game News. United States: Pennsylvania Game Commission, 2007.^[39]
• The Pennsylvania Sportsman. United States: Northwoods Publications, 2001.^[40]
• Miniter, Frank. The Future of the Gun. United States: Regnery Publishing, 2014.^[41]
• Carno, Laura. Government Ruins Nearly Everything: Reclaiming Social Issues from Uncivil Servants. United States: Created Equal Publishing, 2016. ISBN 9780692672754

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5. Stemler, Jodi (2019-06-25). "SPECIAL REPORT: Diversity in the Outdoors". Game & Fish. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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7. "Huntinglife.com becomes a Primer for Two Million Bullets". Hunting and Conservation News. 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
8. "2 Million Bullets - The Future Of Hunting & Shooting". AmmoLand.com. 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
9. "2 Million Bullets". Pushing The Wild Limits. 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
10. "Hunting Awareness". Hunting Awareness & The Orange Camo, Ribbon. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
11. "25 Most Influential People In Hunting And Fishing". www.chattanoogan.com. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
12. "The OL 25". Outdoor Life. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
13. Demko, Mark. "Allentown educator and Camp Compass introduce inner-city students to the outdoors". mcall.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
14. Nark, Jason. "Black-owned hunting camp in the Poconos is trying to make activity more diverse". mcall.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
15. Nark, Jason (2020-12-28). "Black-owned camp aims to make hunting more diverse". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 2021-01-25 – via Sentinel Colorado.
16. Demko, Mark (2012-08-19). "Lehigh Valley Hunting & Fishing Extravaganza offers something for everyone". lehighvalleylive. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
17. "American Hunter - May 2013 - 25". www.nxtbook.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
18. "Encouraging Inner-City Youths to Succeed...With Hunting". www.nrafamily.org. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
19. "John Annoni Defends Gun Rights, Hunting on MSNBC | Outdoor Wire". www.theoutdoorwire.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
20. "Out of Order Gun Rights podcast: Ep 74 John Annoni". outoforder.libsyn.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
21. "A Teacher Who uses Guns to Save Kids' Lives". Range 365. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
22. "John Annoni Defends Gun Rights, Hunting on MSNBC". OutDoors Unlimited Media and Magazine. 2012-12-17. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
23. "John Annoni: Two Million Bullets and Counting". BlogTalkRadio. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
24. "Podcast Archives". Tactical Payments. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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26. "SAF Launches Urban Communities Initiative". Women & Guns. 2016-01-14. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
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29. Stemler, Jodi (2019-06-25). "SPECIAL REPORT: Diversity in the Outdoors". Game & Fish. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
30. "John & Landon Annoni Respond to Michael Bloomberg's Racist Gun Control Comments". AmmoLand.com. 2015-03-03. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
31. "More vendors boycotting massive outdoors show over gun ban". WFMZ.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
32. "Joint hearing on a discussion draft, "To protect and enhance opportunities for recreational hunting, fishing, and shooting, and for other purposes." | Committee Repository | U.S. House of Representatives". docs.house.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-30.
33. "Camp Compass, Hunting Awareness, and John Annoni - Doing it right!". Traditional Outdoors. 2018-04-18. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
34. John Annoni: Where our guest speaks uncomfortable truths - The Wild Huntsman, retrieved 2021-01-25
35. "Hunting Gets an Awareness Ribbon". POMA. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
36. Annoni, John F. (November 2014). Beyond One Day: A Framework for Developing the Social and Academic Character of America's Youth. John Annoni LLC. ISBN 978-0-692-30245-3.
37. "America's First Freedom - May 2015 - 48". www.nxtbook.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
38. Stube, Greg; Miniter, Frank (2018-05-01). Conquer Anything: A Green Beret's Guide to Building Your A-Team. Post Hill Press. ISBN 978-1-68261-484-6.
39. Pennsylvania Game News. Pennsylvania Game Commission. 2007.
40. The Pennsylvania Sportsman. Northwoods Publications. 2001.
41. Miniter, Frank (2014-08-11). The Future of the Gun. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-62157-244-2.