Opinion By Bob Barr, NRA President
If you’re an NRA voting member, you’ll soon receive your 2025 ballot for the NRA Board of Directors election in the February issue of your NRA magazine.
For those of us who understand and support the Second Amendment, we know that every NRA election is extremely important, but this year’s election is critically important. You might ask, “Why?” That’s a fair question and deserves a fair answer.
This year, for the first time in several years, the legal battle we have been waging against New York Attorney General Letitia James — you remember, the one who had vowed as a candidate to use the power of her office to destroy the NRA — has ended. She failed to put us out of business, seize our assets, or force us to operate under the thumb of a New York monitor.
The NRA now has the opportunity to move forward unimpeded by the abuses of power by the NYAG.
We now MUST direct all our energy and efforts to restoring and strengthening NRA, following these years of legal conflict. How we do this and under what leadership will determine how quickly we restore and regain our unified strength for our mission, our members, our donors, and indeed our country.
We’re a group of concerned Second Amendment activists, attorneys, former members of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S Senate, business executives, financial experts, distinguished competitive shooters and respected law enforcement leaders.
I really hope that the NRA can reform itself, but Barr seems to me to be far too much of a Washington insider for me to really trust him.
And I've never much cared for the NRA's board-approved slate.
If you have someone other than the board's approved slate you'd like to see elected, remember this:
NRA Board Bullet Voting , What is it? Why Do It On Your NRA Member Ballot
If you are a voting member of NRA, pick the one, two, or five candidates that you think would do the best job on the Board of Directors, and let your voice be heard by voting – whether a single Bullet Vote or a shotgun approach – your opinion matters and can help steer your organization.
What ever you do, don’t vote for more candidates than there are seats being elected, as this will cause your entire ballot to be thrown out. Also, be sure to use the provided ballot envelope and don’t forget to sign it. Failing to do either of these will also get your ballot tossed.
Finally, you can make a huge difference in any election by talking with friends who are also eligible to vote and encouraging, or even helping them, to cast their ballot. Almost 2 million ballots are never returned in NRA elections, and activating even a small percentage of those can make a huge difference in the election results.
Does anyone have any favorites, this year?
At the N.R.A., a Battle Between the Old Guard and the New
