Aaron S. Zelman was an American gun rights advocate, author, and founder of Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership. He was born in Massachusetts, but reared in Tucson, Arizona, by his grandmother.
Zelman served in the U.S. Navy as a medic to Marines, working awhile as a psychiatric unit assistant to returning Vietnam War veterans. After different sales jobs, and work as a gun dealer, he ultimately settled in Wisconsin.
At the time of his death in December 2010, Zelman was survived by his wife and two sons. One son, Erik, a University of Wisconsin student, died in July 2012 from complications of Marfan syndrome.
