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Frank Tait has just published a list of reform candidates seeking signatures to be put on the 2026 NRA Board of Directors election ballot. Many were recruited by LtCol Robert Brown whose reform efforts got him pushed off the Board after his term ended. He was ignored by the Nominating Committee which was at the time still run by the Old Guard. I should note LtCol Brown is running, too.

Looking over the list, I see the names of many whom I know and trust to do the right thing if elected. I have endorsed Rob Beckman in June. Huey Laugesen of the Colorado State Shooting Association serves with me on the Membership Committee and is a breath of young fresh air. Charles Brown was one of two write-in candidates on the Elect A New NRA slate in the past election. Steve Schreiner is a long time Board member who has consistently been on the reform side. Randy Luth of Luth-AR was one of the first industry insiders to say enough is enough with regard to Wayne. I don’t know some of the rest but an endorsement by LtCol Brown and Frank Tait says everything that needs to be said.

Here is the list along with links from Frank’s Substack.

Rob Beckman https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/836e1142-b049-47d9-81b9-2fa4e2fcd426

Here are the other endorsed petitions as the original post had broken links

Col Brown https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/281d7f0c-6ac4-41e5-b5b5-dbecc9a95709

Sgt. (Ret.) Jerry Kraus https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/a445f9d6-4672-4ffd-9e69-195aece128c3

Major General (Ret.) Ken Bowra https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/51919442-e375-448b-a960-7712eea24bd2

Major (Ret.) William Askins https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/1f52f5f3-b301-4277-b836-2fd567758ba5

Huey Laugesen https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/c1cb1f95-9d72-4df2-9be4-935a07d2e6e6

Randy Luth https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/c4ef9324-28ec-4c74-9d2e-4058a88f1f2f

Lt. Colonel (Ret.) William Bailey https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/8a8fe04c-ca03-4b25-b131-e5d92519cb7e

Steve Schreiner https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/349aa059-59c9-45e1-9118-a32bcdf3777a

Charles Brown https://nra.directnominations.net/Petitions/Sign/10875a27-b29b-459f-8831-f046eeea9cd6?

Please sign the petitions!

As a reminder, to be eligible to sign the petitions you have to be a Life Member or an Annual Member with five years of continuous, unbroken membership. Each of these petition candidates will need a minimum of 363 valid signatures to be placed on the ballot.

Trainer, podcaster, social media influencer, and IT professional Rob Beckman is running for the NRA Board of Directors by petition. I fully support Rob and consider him just the sort of well-qualified reformer that we need on the Board.

If you are a Life Member or a 5-year continuous Annual Member, I would urge you to sign Rob’s petition.

You can find it here.

During my run for the Board, Rob interviewed me on his Firearm Trainer’s Podcast. He stood solidly on the side of reform and electing reformers. He is a strong believer in using education and training as way to both get back to the NRA’s roots and to rebuild our membership. Further, he believes as I do in effective and proper governance is the way to restore the faith of the members in the NRA.

If you look at Rob’s LinkedIn profile and biography here are some things that jump out at me.

Business experience – Senior Project Manager for a global industrial company
Non-profit experience – currently VP & Hunting Director of Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association and former Board of Directors of Dan Beard Council, Scouting USA
NRA Training Counselor
Social Media experience – Firearm Trainer’s Podcast
Hunter – Not only hunts but is a hunting safety instructor

This is the type of person we need on the Board of Directors and I would urge you to sign his petition.

Rob Beckman

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