{"id":36376,"date":"2026-09-07T20:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36376"},"modified":"2026-09-07T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T00:25:12","slug":"nra-petition-candidate-needs-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=36376","title":{"rendered":"NRA Petition Candidate Needs Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wade Callender has decided to run for the NRA Board of Directors by petition. When I ran into Wade at this year&#8217;s SHOT Show he had mentioned that a run for the Board was in the back of his mind.<\/p>\n<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:3173,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/in\\\/wadecallender&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:19627,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/nra.directnominations.net\\\/Petitions\\\/Sign\\\/925021a2-ed4b-480c-bd9c-1f4b798c0e85&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260908002519\\\/https:\\\/\\\/nra.directnominations.net\\\/Petitions\\\/Sign\\\/925021a2-ed4b-480c-bd9c-1f4b798c0e85&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-08 00:36:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-09-08 00:36:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those that don&#8217;t know Wade, he <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wadecallender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">served <\/a><\/strong>as Deputy Executive Director and General Counsel of NRA-ILA for three years. Prior to that he had served as the general counsel of a software company and as a JAG officer in the US Navy. Currently, he has his own legal practice in the Dallas metro area. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33988\">Wade <\/a><\/strong>was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33996\">endorsed as a potential successor<\/a><\/strong> to Wayne LaPierre as EVP back in 2024 by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. More importantly, Wade <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=31994\">stood <\/a><\/strong>in the way of Bill Brewer getting his hooks into ILA&#8217;s assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have known Wade on a personal basis for a few years now. He has my support. Both the Complementary Spouse and I have signed his petition. If you are a voting members &#8211; life or five year continuous annual member &#8211; please consider signing Wade&#8217;s petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wade&#8217;s Petition: <strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/nra.directnominations.net\/Petitions\/Sign\/925021a2-ed4b-480c-bd9c-1f4b798c0e85\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nra.directnominations.net\/Petitions\/Sign\/925021a2-ed4b-480c-bd9c-1f4b798c0e85<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wade Callender has decided to run for the NRA Board of Directors by petition. 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