Wes Virdell, Gun Owners of America’s Texas State Director, comes to the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 I-20 in Cisco, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 27. Wes will recap second amendment legislation in the 88th Texas Legislature for the Texas Family Defense Committee.
Wes served as the Texas Hill Country Coordinator for Gun Owners of America from 2020 to 2022, moving up to Texas State Director this year.
Gun Owners of America was founded in 1976 by the late Sen. H.L. (Bill) Richardson. The GOA Board of Directors brings over 100 years of combined knowledge and experience on guns, legislation and politics. GOA’s Board is not satisfied with the “status quo,” stating, “Americans have lost some of our precious gun rights, and we want them back!”
From state legislatures and city councils to the United States Congress and the White House, GOA represents the views of more than two million gun owners whenever their rights are threatened. It’s the “no compromise” grassroots gun lobby, meaning “we don’t give an inch on the right to keep and bear arms.”
As for Wes, he started attending Texas legislative committee hearings for gun issues in 2011 and was active in the battles for open carry in 2015 and Constitutional Carry in 2021.
Born and raised in the heart of Texas, Wes Virdell is a veteran and small business owner in the Transportation Industry. Like many hardworking Texans, Wes places a priority on faith, family, and freedom.
A few short years after graduation from Brady High School in 1998, Wes served in the U.S. Air Force where he worked on Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and served as a Military Training Leader.
After his honorable discharge, Wes returned to his hometown of Brady and got involved politically. Equipped with proven leadership, experience, and a love for Texas values, Wes ran for the Texas’ 11th Congressional District in 2020. Wes served as a 2020 and 2022 State Delegate for the Republican Party of Texas and as a 2020 National Delegate for the Republican National Convention. He recently announced his candidacy for Texas House District 53.
Bring a friend, and join us Thursday, July 27, in the Big Dam Room of the Myrtle Wilks Community Center. Doors open at 6:00; program begins at 6:30 p.m.
