Vote for Linda Walker for re-election to the NRA Board of Directors

Dear Fellow Second Amendment Brothers and Sisters and NRA Members,

My name is Linda Walker and I am asking for your vote for re-election to the NRA Board of Directors.

As much of the NRA membership and the world knows, up until this past year, it has been tumultuous within the NRA. The sins, the greed, the arrogance of past leadership took our great organization into the negative news and court systems. The malfeasance brought on by a few, was kept from the bulk of the Board until it was disclosed in court documents. In September 2019, in a private 2-hour meeting with the former leader, I communicated my disgust in his lack of leadership and guidance. No doubt, it likely fell on his deaf ears. As I read every single court document - there were thousands, and many had nearly 200 pages to them - I became angrier what these people had done to our NRA.

My son served active duty in the U.S. Army for many years. The last conversation (July ’19) I had with him before he left for each of his 5 deployments to Afghanistan was “You go fight for our freedoms over there, and I’ll fight for your daughters’ freedoms here.” Some chose to leave, but I recognized many years ago that the problem had to be fixed from within. And most certainly it wasn’t going to fix itself. My son didn’t run away from the fight over there, and I wasn’t going to run away from the fight over here! I was in it for the long haul to right this ship and be part of NRA 2.0.

Six of us came together to form the new NRA 2.0. Our group, now known as reformers, grew to the majority of the Board members. May 20, 2024, is a historical day in NRA history when the reformers elected 3 out of the 4 candidates we had for the new leadership. And then on April 28, 2025, we succeeded in electing all the officers from the NRA 2.0 reformers group. I can say without hesitation, with this leadership, NRA 2.0 has changed the direction of the ship, and we are sailing forward to the betterment of our beloved NRA. I’m proud to be part of this new NRA 2.0 and the massive amount of work that continues to go into it. Upward and onward!

How I got involved:

In 2011, when I ran for the NRA Board of Directors the first time, I ran on the platform of bringing more women into the Second Amendment fold. Not just as shooters, but supporters of the Second Amendment as a whole. I realized early on in my advocacy work, that as a woman, I had a big voice in the arena of Second Amendment rights. I realized that if you get the wife/mother involved, you will get the entire family involved. As the mother goes, so goes the family.

When I was first elected, I advocated to NRA leadership to do something for the ladies attending NRA Annual Meetings. The first Women’s New Energy Brunch was born through this idea, and I will be co-hosting our 12th Annual New Energy Breakfast again with fellow Board member Maria Heil in April in Houston. Since first being elected, I have seen huge strides in more women embracing the Second Amendment, the shooting sports, hunting, as well as families enjoying shooting together.

I am proud that I have attended 100% of all the NRA Board meetings and committee meetings since being elected in 2011. I was asked to represent the members when they cast their vote for me, and I take that service very seriously. I am a firm believer that if our members ask the Board to serve them, that they be in attendance to fulfill those obligations! I also am a firm believer that the Board is there to serve our membership, and above all else, our Second Amendment to the Constitution!

I am an NRA Benefactor member, an NRA Certified Instructor in multiple disciplines and have instructed thousands of students in concealed carry classes. I’m also an NRA FrontLines Activist Volunteer, past Friends of NRA Chairman, NRA Recruiter, was a regular contributor to NRA News, multimedia spokesman, Gun Rights Policy Conference speaker, and speaker at other speaking engagements. I have sat on multiple NRA Committees including Legislative Policy, currently Chairman of State and Local Policy, Women’s Programs and Grassroots Development. I am also a member of A Girl & A Gun.

People will ask me often, how it was that I got involved in gun rights. Short answer; when Ohio passed concealed carry, I was one of the first to get my concealed handgun license. I learned very quickly 3 years prior when I became a Realtor, that I was in a very dangerous occupation. I wanted to be able to protect myself.

I GOT INVOLVED!!!! Boy did I get involved!

I wasn’t looking for a cause, most certainly not the gun rights cause, but the cause found me. Shortly after getting my CHL, I hosted a standing-room-only meet & greet with other gun owners, and I was invited to leadership of Buckeye Firearms Association soon after, where now I am honored to serve as the President and Chairman of the PAC.

Throughout my years with Buckeye Firearms Association, our team alongside NRA-ILA, has successfully lobbied to make huge strides in restoring Second Amendment rights to Ohioans. We have successfully passed many bills including Preemption, Castle Doctrine, Restaurant Carry, a lot of clean up legislation, the employer parking lot ban which prevents employers from punishing employees for keeping lawfully-owned firearms inside their vehicle. Most recently, we have passed permitless carry, the emergency powers bill, and we removed the duty to retreat when face with a self-defense situation. In 2016, I assisted the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles to bring back the NRA Foundation license plate.

In 2009, the NRA awarded me the “Sybil Ludington Women’s Freedom Award.” This is the highest award on the national level given to a women for furthering the shooting sports through legislation, education and advocacy. This award is what led me to run for the NRA Board of Directors.

In 2013, I traveled to Colorado to work on the senate recall elections. Literally the citizens lost their gun rights overnight. The recalls were successful. I didn’t need to do that, but it was the right thing to do! The following year I traveled to Iowa to help Joni Ernst win her U.S. Senate seat. Again, I didn’t need to do that, but it was the right thing to do!

I’ve enjoyed helping with many campaigns in Ohio and on the federal level. I especially loved working on the campaign for U.S. Senator JD Vance’s election. Who knew he’d become the United States Vice President two years later!

I was honored to serve in 2016 as part of President Trump’s 62-member Second Amendment Coalition with fellow 2A advocates. And, for the 2020 election, I served along with 19 other patriots, on President Trump’s national advisory board, “Gun Owner’s for Trump.”

We helped the President further the Second Amendment and keep the Supreme Court pro-Constitution.

I am neither rich nor a famous celebrity. I don’t get paid for what I do. I am just an average person who has devoted myself to the Constitution, the Second Amendment, and upholding it as our Forefathers meant it to be. My husband Jim and I raised our three sons to be fine Patriots, with each of them serving our great nation, either in the US Army or as a law enforcement officers. The cause has been a great sacrifice to our family, but I do it for my grandchildren. I had the privilege of growing up with freedoms that I want them to enjoy, and that is why I do all this.

I am honored to be endorsed by Buckeye Firearms Association!

I ask that when you receive your ballot, you check the box next to my name, Linda Walker. It is my humble honor to represent the NRA’s members and continuing the fight for our Second Amendment rights!

I’m also asking, to go to the Elect a New NRA website and support the candidates who have committed to the continued reform within NRA 2.0. As well, cast your vote for 1st Vice President Mark Vaughn.