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Gun Defenders of North America (Spanish: Pistola Defensores de América del Norte, French: Pistolet défenseurs de l'Amérique du Nord) or the GDNA in short is an international organization meant at protecting gun rights in the United States and Canada. Originally named the Anglo-North American Gun Association, the non-profit group was found a group of Canadian and American gun rights activists. It isn't until the organization started to publish Spanish and English publications. The organization wanted to cater to Spanish-speaking and French-speaking gun owners in the United States and Canada.

Many of its prominent members were or are members of the National Rifle Association - the most popular gun lobby in the United States and the National Firearms Association, Canada's gun lobby.

Its current founder and president of James Thompson, a gun activist from Toronto (who now contains dual Canadian-American citizenship). The current vice president is Cecilia Pierre, a gun activist from Louisiana (born to French-speaking Canadians from Quebec).

History
The organization was formed by a group of American and Canadian gun activists. Cecilia Pierre, a noted gun owner from Louisana took a trip to Canada to observe Canada's history. She then began to wonder about the right to bear arms in Canadian history.

She met a firearms instructor in Toronto by the name of James Thompson. Thompson claims that society had placed a stigma on him for owning a firearm. Pierre was also disgusted by Canada's over-stringent laws regarding the use of a firearm for self-defense.

Eventually, Pierre explored Canada to observe Canada's gun laws province by province, from stringent gun control provinces like Quebec to more pro-gun provinces like Alberta.