Former GOP Rep. Bob Barr Elected President Of NRA

May 21, 2024 Mass Shootings, Republicans

The Reload reports:

The National Rifle Association has decided on a new direction. On Monday, the NRA board voted to install reform candidates across three of its top four leadership positions. That includes the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President position filled by Wayne LaPierre until his resignation during the group’s corruption trial.

Doug Hamlin, who ran the NRA’s publications and ran on a reform platform, defeated Ronnie Barrett in a 35-to-31 vote.

Former congressman Bob Barr was the only candidate for a top leadership position put up by the board’s nominating committee, a group made up primarily of longtime LaPierre allies, who won a contested race. He defeated longtime LaPierre critic Owen ‘Buz” Mills by a vote of 37 to 30 to take over as NRA President.

Read the full article.

Barr, you may recall, was the author of the Defense Of Marriage Act, something he later apologized for and advocated for its repeal. A post currently pinned to the top of Barr’s X account attacks nonbinary people. Barr ran for president in 2008 as the Libertarian Party’s nominee and rejoined the GOP in 2011.



Tags

© joemygod.com 2025