by I received this news just a few minutes ago. John Frazer will be retiring from the NRA and the post of Secretary effective May 1, 2026. While I have been a critic of John in the past, I have come to respect the way he has administered the Office of the Secretary. It really is somewhat of a thankless job and requires a good administrator which John has proven to be.
I would say John is too young to retire but by my estimate he has reached the magic age of 60 and maybe a bit more. Life is too short not to enjoy what time we have in retirement.
Enjoy retirement, John! You’ve earned it.
From the announcement:
Dear Board and Executive Council members:
Please see the note below from President Bachenberg about my upcoming retirement.
I’ll have more to say when we meet in April; but for now, I’ll just say that it’s been a real honor to serve this great organization for most of the last 33 years.
Sincerely yours,
John Frazer
Secretary
National Rifle Association of America
From: Bill B <billb@nradirector.com>
Subject: RE: Retirement announcement
NRA Board of Directors and Executive Council,
Secretary John Frazer has informed me that he has decided to retire as Secretary on May 1, 2026. John has served as Secretary for 11 years.
John is a walking encyclopedia of board history and background on why many of our recent Bylaws were enacted. John and his office have been invaluable in assisting me on the nuances of being President, traditions of the office and has kept me out of trouble many times with committee assignments. John’s organizational skills and knowledge will be greatly missed.
The board will need to elect a new Secretary at the April Board meeting. If you have any candidate suggestions, please forward them to the officers and the Nominating Committee’s Chairman, Buz Mills.
When you see John please congratulate him on his retirement and contributions to the NRA.
Bill
His value and contributions to NRA will be missed. He was heavily a victim by the former leadership’s lies and deceit. And I know that many – even some at about that same level – didn’t have a clue as to the breadth of the issues. Someone going into that job right before the poo hit the fan would not have been able to figure it all out. I actually disagreed with those who kept the focus on John and did share that. Not many people would have put up with that turmoil. John also treated his colleagues under his position with more respect and ethics than many other department/division heads do today.