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Experience for the Future: To Revive, Reform & Rebuild the NRA<\/a><\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

I am running to\u00a0return to the NRA Board of Directors<\/a>\u00a0because I love the NRA, and I fear for her well-being and continued viability.<\/p>\n

My name is John Sigler. I am a retired Police Captain, a veteran of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Submarine Service, a lifelong Second Amendment activist, a lifelong hunter, collector, and competitive shooter, and an experienced corporate attorney. [John also writes for AmmoLand News<\/a>]<\/p>\n

My passion is Second Amendment legal research and advocacy. All of my pro bono legal work is centered upon and revolves around the defense of The Right to Keep and Bear Arms.<\/p>\n

I had the honor and privilege of serving as NRA\u2019s 59th president (2007-2009) during the \u201cGlory Years\u201d immediately following Charlton Heston\u2019s time as our president.<\/p>\n

To be painfully blunt, our beloved NRA is not what it once was, nor what it could be and should be today. Over the past few years, the NRA has been lied to, lied about, used, abused, swindled, spindled, and mutilated \u2013 and we, \u201cThe Members\u201d, have paid the price.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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But thankfully, times are changing and those who caused that damage are now gone, including their leader \u2013 a man who had very little use for competitive shooters. To be polite, let\u2019s just say that he and I had our differences over the years. (It takes both a qualified challenger and majority vote to elect a new EVP, and a three-quarters (75%) vote to remove an EVP).<\/p>\n

The NRA Board has changed dramatically over the last few years, and that is definitely a good thing.<\/p>\n

But those new people on the NRA Board need help and guidance from those of us who have successfully served before. I can help, and I want to help if you will let me. It has often been said that\u00a0\u201cIn times of crisis experience counts, leadership counts, dedication counts, loyalty counts, and integrity counts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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I have the history, knowledge, and experience those new Board members will need if they are to be successful in bringing the NRA back to the strong and powerful organization it once was, can be, and must be again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

It is my honor to have been nominated by both NRA Members\u2019 Petition and the NRA\u2019s new Nominating Committee. Over 850 NRA members from forty (40) states supported my candidacy by personally signing my petitions, more than double the number required.<\/p>\n

It is time for an NRA Board of Directors to understand, respect, and appreciate that the NRA belongs to the Members \u2013 not to the staff, not to the Officers (paid and unpaid), and certainly not to the Board itself.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I was NRA\u2019s President during \u201cThe Glory Days\u201d some 16 years ago, I was sometimes called \u201cThe Members\u2019 President\u201d, but not always as a compliment. My loyalty belongs to The Members and not to anyone else \u2013 always has, always will.<\/p>\n

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My focus has always been on The Members. Unfortunately, since I left the President\u2019s Office in 2009, too many others have been focused elsewhere, and we have seen the tragic results.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Back then, NRA\u2019s membership was growing, our finances were strong, we worked under a balanced budget, and we had a system of both long-term and short-term financial reserves. Not anymore.<\/p>\n

Back then, we had a full complement of employees who were knowledgeable and responsive, who enjoyed servicing the needs of the members and worked hard to deliver programs the members needed, wanted, expected and deserved \u2013 not anymore.<\/p>\n

And back then, NRA was the established leader in Second Amendment advocacy in the State Legislatures, in Congress, and in the Courts \u2013 and we must be again.<\/p>\n

It is time for both the NRA Board and the NRA Staff to refocus on The Members \u2013 The Members deserve it; it is our right to expect it \u2013 and the well-being of the NRA and our sacred Second Amendment both demand it.<\/p>\n

The roadblocks have been removed and it is time to move forward. We have an entirely new slate of Board officers and a new cadre of professional executives \u2013 and that is a very good thing.<\/p>\n

The time is right, and the cause is just. Together, we CAN \u2013 and we MUST \u2013 save the NRA.<\/p>\n

I have devoted most of my life to the NRA, competitive shooting, and to the defense of the Second Amendment and the individual citizen\u2019s God-given Right to Keep and Bear Arms for defense of self, family, home, and nation, and for hunting and recreation.<\/p>\n

After being sidelined for most of 2024, I am seeking to return to the Board in 2025 because I have the education, training and years of corporate experience, both inside NRA and in the private sector, that our new \u201cNRA 2.0\u201d will definitely need to fully reform, repair and recover.<\/p>\n

To fully recover, our NRA will need highly qualified and proven leaders with both the knowledge and experience to help \u201cthe new blood\u201d on the Board understand and appreciate what our NRA has been, can be, and should be once again \u2013 America\u2019s leader in the fight for individual freedom.<\/p>\n

I encourage you to explore my website at\u00a0www.sigler4nra.com<\/a>, check out my record and qualifications, see who I am, and what I have accomplished. You will find that I do have the broad base of education and experience the NRA so desperately needs for a better and brighter future.<\/p>\n

The NRA is a complex, multi-faceted organization. Unlike other Second Amendment organizations with which you may be familiar that focus on just one thing, your NRA is designed around a holistic approach to Second Amendment advocacy, providing the full range of services and opportunities for its members to not only fight for and defend the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, but also to freely exercise and enjoy that right in multiple ways.<\/p>\n

Now is not the time for whimsical theories, steep up-hill learning curves, and on-the-job training. Now is the time for experienced leadership with a clear view of the future, a firm set of goals and objectives, and the will and skill to fight for what is right for the NRA, The Members, and our nation \u2013 uninhibited by the roadblocks that for so long stood in our way.<\/p>\n

My \u201cplatform\u201d is based upon what I call \u201cThe Seven R\u2019s\u201d \u2013\u00a0Reform, Recover, Repair, Revive, Replace, Rebuild and Restore.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I believe that all of these things can happen and must happen if our beloved NRA is to survive, recover, grow, and prosper.<\/p>\n

Our members need, expect, and deserve a strong and effective NRA \u2013 and in today\u2019s turbulent world, America needs a strong and effective NRA!<\/p>\n

The NRA was once a political powerhouse, a legal juggernaut in the courts, and a source of pride for every NRA member \u2013 it can be so again \u2013
\nand it MUST be so again.<\/p>\n

American Freedom is under attack and only the NRA can repulse that attack \u2013 we have done it before and, together, we can do it again!<\/p>\n

But I need your help, and I need your vote.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Platform For NRA\u2019s Future Success<\/h3>\n