Editing National Rifle Association (section)

==Lists of past and present leaders==
===Presidents===
{{Main|List of presidents of the National Rifle Association}}
Presidents of the NRA are elected by the board of directors.
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* [[Ambrose Burnside]] (1871–72)
* [[William Conant Church]] (1872–75)
* [[Alexander Shaler]] (1876)<ref>"[https://www.proquest.com/docview/93504344/ Annual Meeting of Riflemen]". ''The New York Times''. January 12, 1876. p. 5.</ref>
* [[Winfield Scott Hancock|Winfield S. Hancock]] (1881)<ref name="Rdngn2002">Rodengen, Jeffrey L. (2002). ''NRA: An American Legend''. Fort Lauderdale, Florida: Write Stuff Enterprises, Inc. 304 pp. {{ISBN|0945903812}}. ("The Presidents of NRA", p. 276).</ref>
* [[Ulysses S. Grant]] (1883–84)
* [[Philip Sheridan|Philip H. Sheridan]] (1885)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?id=2479|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203095618/http://www.nraila.org/News/Read/NewsReleases.aspx?id=2479|title=NRA–ILA: The "Academy" Must Now Share Michael Moore's Cinematic Shame|archive-date=December 3, 2010|publisher=National Rifle Association of America Institute for Legislative Action}}</ref>
* [[George Wood Wingate|George W. Wingate]] (1886–1900)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[John C. Bates]] (1910–12)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[William Libbey]] (1915–20)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Smith W. Brookhart]] (1921–25)
* [[Francis E. Warren]] (1925–26)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Benedict Crowell]] (1930–31)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Karl Frederick|Karl T. Frederick]] (1934–35)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Littleton W. T. Waller Jr.]] (1939–40)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Emmett Swanson|Emmet O. Swanson]] (1948)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Merritt A. Edson]] (1949–50)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Morton C. Mumma]] (1955–56)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Harlon Carter|Harlon B. Carter]] (1965–67)
* [[Lloyd M. Mustin]] (1977–78)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Howard Wallace Pollock|Howard W. Pollock]] (1983–84)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* Alonzo H. Garcelon (1985)
* [[Joe Foss]] (1988–90)
* [[Robert K. Corbin]] (1992–93)<ref name="Rdngn2002"/>
* [[Marion Hammer|Marion P. Hammer]] (1995–98)<ref name=1996Hammer1stPres>{{cite news |last=Heller |first=Jean |date=August 18, 1996 |title=Marion Hammer Leads NRA With Unabashed Passion (News/National/International) |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67794496.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629120711/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-67794496.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 29, 2014 |newspaper=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |location=Denver, CO|access-date=May 29, 2014 }}</ref><ref name=Bragg960414>{{cite news |last=Bragg |first=Rick |date=April 14, 1996 |title=Leader as Hard as Nails Is Taking Reins at N.R.A. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/14/us/leader-as-hard-as-nails-is-taking-reins-at-nra.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=June 6, 2014 }}</ref>
* [[Charlton Heston]] (1998–2003)
* Kayne Robinson (2003–05)
* [[Sandra Froman]] (2005–07)
* [[John C. Sigler]] (2007–09)
* Ron Schmeits (2009–11)
* [[David Keene]] (2011–13)
* [[James W. Porter II|James W. "Jim" Porter]] (2013–15)<ref name=Vertuno130504>{{cite news |last=Vertuno |first=Jim |date=May 4, 2013 |title=NRA's new president has penchant for bold words |url=https://news.yahoo.com/nras-president-penchant-bold-words-060450994.html |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=Yahoo News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130505033751/http://news.yahoo.com/nras-president-penchant-bold-words-060450994.html |archive-date=May 5, 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=May 29, 2014 }}</ref>
* Allan D. Cors (2015–17)
* [[Pete Brownell]] (2017–18)
* [[Oliver North]] (2018–19)
* [[Carolyn D. Meadows]] (2019–21)
* [[Charles L. Cotton]] (2021-24)
* [[Bob Barr]] (2024-2025)
* Bill Bachenberg (2025-current){{Div col end}}

===Directors===
Notable directors, past and present, include:<ref name="MJones these"/>
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* [[Joe M. Allbaugh]]
* [[John M. Ashbrook]]<ref name="Inside RS" />
* [[Bob Barr]]
* [[Ronnie Barrett]]
* [[Clel Baudler]]
* [[J. Kenneth Blackwell|Ken Blackwell]]
* [[Matt Blunt]]
* [[John R. Bolton|John Bolton]]<ref name="Bolton">{{cite web |url=http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/john-bolton |title=John Bolton |year=2014 |publisher=Meet the National Rifle Association of America |access-date=June 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233301/http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/john-bolton |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Dan Boren]]
* [[Robert K. Brown]]
* [[Dave Butz]]
* [[Richard Childress]]
* [[Larry Craig]]
* [[Barbara Cubin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/cubin-garners-nra-nod-again/article_de51b7d7-f839-5936-a710-c3dc4ac6e4ac.html|title=Cubin garners NRA nod again|first= Tom |last= Morton |date= August 7, 2004|newspaper=[[Casper Star-Tribune]] }}</ref>
* [[John Dingell]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web |url=http://www.ontheissues.org/MI/John_Dingell_Gun_Control.htm |title=John Dingell on Gun Control |website=On The Issues |access-date=November 25, 2014}}</ref>
* [[Merritt A. Edson]]
* [[R. Lee Ermey]]<ref name="Ermey">{{cite web |url=http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/r.-lee-ermey |title=R. Lee Ermey |year=2014 |publisher=Meet the National Rifle Association of America |access-date=June 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231702/http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/r.-lee-ermey |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Sandra Froman]]
* [[Jim Gilmore]]
* [[Marion P. Hammer]]
* [[Susan Howard]]
* [[Roy Innis]]
* [[David Keene]]
* [[Karl Malone]]
* [[John Milius]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/11/red-dawn-wasnt-about-the-cold-war-it-was-about-shooting-people/265361/|title='Red Dawn' Wasn't About the Cold War; It Was About Shooting People| first= Alan| last= Zilberman| magazine=[[The Atlantic]] |date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Zell Miller]]<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://www.nraila.org/news-issues/news-from-nra-ila/2005/nra-announces-new-officers.aspx?s=&st=&ps= |title=NRA Announces New Officers |publisher=National Rifle Association of America Institute for Legislative Action |date=April 19, 2005 |access-date= July 25, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Cleta Mitchell]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://meetthenra.org/board-list|title=Welcome|publisher=Meet the National Rifle Association of America|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109120402/http://meetthenra.org/board-list|archive-date=January 9, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Grover Norquist]]
* [[Oliver L. North]]
* [[Johnny Nugent]]
* [[Ted Nugent]]<ref name="Nugent">{{cite web |url=http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/ted-nugent |title=Ted Nugent (Board Member) |year=2014 |publisher=Meet the National Rifle Association of America |access-date=June 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612140452/http://www.meetthenra.org/nra-member/ted-nugent |archive-date=June 12, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Lee Purcell]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.franksmyth.com/the-village-voice/crossfire-the-war-behind-the-closed-doors-of-the-nra/ |title= Crossfire: The War Behind the Closed Doors of the NRA |publisher= republished online at FrankSmyth.com | first= Frank| last= Smyth| date= June 3, 1994| newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thegunzone.com/shot/bimbos.html |website=The Gun Zone |title=The Exhibimbos of SHOT Show |access-date=January 18, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210160640/http://thegunzone.com/shot/bimbos.html |archive-date=February 10, 2011 }}</ref>
* [[Todd J. Rathner]]
* [[Wayne Anthony Ross]]
* [[Tom Selleck]]
* [[John C. Sigler]]
* [[Bruce Stern]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Hardy |first=David |date=July 19, 2007 |title=NRA director Bruce Stern, and former director Jim Nicholson, pass on |url=http://armsandthelaw.com/archives/2007/07/nra_director_br_1.php |website=Of Arms & the Law |type=Blog |publisher=David T. Hardy}}</ref>
* [[Harold Volkmer]]<ref name=Kopel>{{cite web| author-link= Dave Kopel| last= Kopel| first= David| date= April 18, 2011| url= http://volokh.com/2011/04/18/rep-harold-volkmer-r-i-p/ |title= Rep. Harold Volkmer, R.I.P.| website=[[Volokh Conspiracy]] }}</ref>
* [[Don Young]]
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