BELLEVUE, Wash. — Oct. 9, 2024 — The Second Modification Basis (SAF) has created a brand new accolade – The Golden Bowtie Award – and honored its first recipient at this 12 months’s Gun Rights Coverage Convention (GRPC). Recipients of the Golden Bowtie are individuals and/or organizations who’ve made important contributions of time, expertise and treasure to SAF and its mission.
“SAF founder Alan Gottlieb is a lover of the bowtie,” mentioned SAF Government Director Adam Kraut. “Should you look again at any pictures of Alan all through the years, he’s at all times sporting his signature neck piece. We needed to create an award that embodied Alan’s spirit and character whereas recognizing different’s contributions to SAF’s success. The Golden Bowtie does simply that.”
Tom Taylor, Government Vice President, World Model Growth at SIG SAUER and member of SAF’s Board of Trustees, was offered the award on the annual GRPC in San Diego.
“I’m thrilled to be the inaugural recipient of this prestigious award,” Taylor mentioned. “SAF is really engaged on the entrance strains preventing for our Second Modification rights, and it’s a privilege to be honored as the primary Golden Bowtie award winner. I’ll proudly put on the bowtie as a reminder that our civil liberties are at all times underneath assault and as a logo of how SAF fights day by day to make sure our Second Modification rights are defended, secured and restored.”
Underneath his management, SIG SAUER jumped on board as SAF’s first main company accomplice. Along with important monetary contributions, Taylor’s workforce has contributed to SAF in a lot of different methods together with serving to with the group’s 2023 rebrand and offering recommendation on varied means to reinforce the SAF model.
“I’m thrilled the SAF workforce acknowledged the good contributions of Tom and SIG SAUER,” mentioned SAF founder and Government Vice President Alan M. Gottlieb. “The award was as stunning to me because it was to Tom, and I’m honored that such an award was created with me in thoughts. For the previous 50 years the struggle has not been about me, however concerning the motion, and I’m thrilled we will now acknowledge individuals like Tom who go above and past to help SAF and its mission.”
