| Washington initials of 1930's | 33 |
| Ulysses S. Grant was once its president: abbr. | 46 |
| Ulysses S. Grant was its eighth pres. | 37 |
| The Supreme Court outlawed it in '35 | 40 |
| Supporter of the Heller decision, 2008: Abbr. | 45 |
| Sporting org. with three million members | 40 |
| Shooting match sponsor, for short | 33 |
| Second Amendment supporters: Abbr. | 34 |
| Second Amendment supporter: Abbr. | 33 |
| Second Amendment supporter (Abbr.) | 34 |
| Second Amendment promoter: Abbr. | 32 |
| Second Amendment lobby, for short | 33 |
| Second Amendment defender: Abbr. | 32 |
| Second Amendment advocates (abbr.) | 34 |
| Second Amendment advocate (abbr.) | 33 |
| Publisher of Shooting Illustrated, for short | 44 |
| Pres. Charlton Heston's group | 33 |
| Powerful org. with HQ in Fairfax, Va. | 37 |
| Pistol-packing proponents' org. | 35 |
| Org. with the symbol Eddie Eagle | 32 |
| Org. with the Eddie Eagle safety program | 40 |
| Org. with the Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program | 41 |
| Org. with its arms around the U.S.? | 35 |
| Org. to which eight U.S. presidents have belonged | 49 |
| Org. that takes donations for the strapped? | 43 |
| Org. that runs gunsmithing schools | 34 |
| Org. that publishes Shooting Sports USA | 39 |
| Org. that publishes Free Hunters magazine | 41 |
| Org. that publishes America's 1st Freedom | 45 |
| Org. that publishes "InSights" | 40 |
| Org. that opposes the Brady Campaign | 36 |
| Org. that opposes background checks | 35 |
| Org. that lobbies for gun rights | 32 |
| Org. that favors concealed carry licenses | 41 |
| Org. that created American Hunter magazine | 42 |
| Org. supporting the Second Amendment | 36 |
| Org. opposed by Everytown for Gun Safety | 40 |
| Org. once lead by Ulysses S. Grant | 34 |
| Org. of which U. S. Grant was once president | 44 |
| Org. going great guns for firearms | 34 |
| Org. founded in 1871 by two Civil War officers | 46 |
| Org. defending the Second Amendment | 35 |
| Org. concerned with firing practices? | 37 |
| Org. co-founded by Gen. George Wingate | 38 |
| Org. Charlton Heston presided over | 34 |
| Opposer of background checks: Abbr. | 35 |
| Oldest U.S. civil liberties org. | 32 |
| Natl. Muzzleloading Championship sponsor | 40 |
| Marksmanship org. founded in 1871 | 33 |
| Lobbying org. with an intimidating eagle logo | 45 |
| Lobbying org. in an awkward position nowadays | 45 |
| Lobbying grp. headquartered in Virginia | 39 |
| Its motto was "We Do Our Part" | 40 |
| Its first pres. was Gen. Burnside | 33 |
| Heston's "cold dead hands" gp. | 44 |
| Grp. whose mascot is Eddie Eagle | 32 |
| Grp. vigorously backing the Second Amendment | 44 |
| Grp. that doesn't spare the rod? | 36 |
| Gp. that's at home on the range? | 36 |
| Gp. that supports buying rounds? | 32 |
| Gp. that publishes Shooting Illustrated | 39 |
| Gp. that defends the second amendment | 37 |
| Gov. Sarah Palin is a lifetime member of it | 43 |
| Gen. Burnside was its first president | 37 |
| Firearms Museum operator, briefly | 33 |
| Eddie Eagle GunSafe Program org. | 32 |
| Brady Campaign opposer, for short | 33 |
| Blue Eagle agcy. of the 30's | 32 |
| Ally org. of Second Amendment Sisters | 37 |
| 1934 gp. with a Blue Eagle poster | 33 |
| 1933 gp. with a Blue Eagle poster | 33 |
| 1930s org. with a blue eagle logo | 33 |
| "Trigger the Vote" org. | 33 |
| "Stand and fight" grp. | 32 |
| "From my cold, dead hands!" sloganeer | 47 |
| "From my cold, dead hands!" org. | 42 |
| "Bowling for Columbine" org. | 38 |
| "America's First Freedom" publisher | 49 |
| Govt. agency that oversees reactors | 35 |
| Govt. agency that addresses radiation protection | 48 |
| Energy Reorg. Act of 1974 creation | 34 |
| Creation of the Energy Reorg. Act of 1974 | 41 |
| Campus org. for ensigns-in-training | 35 |
| Campus org. for aspiring ensigns | 32 |
| Edward Snowden's former employer | 36 |
| Org. in the film "Sneakers" | 37 |
| Intel collector hidden in nine puzzle answers | 45 |
| "Enemy of the State" org. | 35 |
| Without commitment, in personal ads | 35 |
| U.S. agency with a "CryptoKids" program | 49 |
| Supersecretive intelligence org. | 32 |
| Subj. of the book "The Puzzle Palace" | 47 |
| Signals Intelligence govt. agcy. | 32 |
| Personals shorthand for casual romance | 38 |
| Part of the U.S. intelligence community | 39 |
| Org. with its HQ at Fort Meade, Md. | 35 |
| Org. with a key-holding eagle in its logo | 41 |
| Org. whose logo is an eagle perched on a key | 44 |
| Org. whose documents Snowden leaked | 35 |
| Org. whose annual budget is classified | 38 |