The NRA Foundation Board of Trustees has elected Birmingham attorney Jim Porter as its new President.
Mr. Porter, a longtime NRA Board member and Second Amendment activist, is a graduate of the Cumberland School of Law and a Special Assistant Attorney General for the state of Alabama. He volunteers his time and legal expertise to serve as a trustee of the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund and as a legal advisor/counsel to the NRA in federal court litigation. Porter also serves as vice president of the Alabama Rifle & Pistol Association.
“My father, former NRA President and Honorary Life member Irvine C. Porter, and mother instilled in me a great respect for our firearm heritage and constitutional freedoms,” Mr. Porter said in a statement. “I am honored to be able to continue their work to ensure that the inalienable right to keep and bear firearms for the defense of one’s country, family, and self is protected for future generations.”
Porter’s two year term will begin on Monday when he takes over for current NRA President David Keene. “At this stage in the NRA’s history, Jim Porter will be the perfect match for president,” Mr. Keene told the Washington Times. “As we are likely to win most of the legislative battles in Congress, we will have to move to courts to undo the restrictions placed on gun owners’ rights in New York, Connecticut, Maryland and Colorado.”
Porter’s election comes at a time when Second Amendment rights are dominating the national political conversation. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre has become the gun grabbers’ public enemy number one. That will likely continue as sources close to Mr. Porter have indicated he plans to take on a more behind-the-scenes role and allow LaPierre to continue being the public face of the organization.
The NRA Foundation has provided over $70 million in grants since its inception in 1990, thanks to the support of donors and volunteers. Their generosity has allowed the foundation to expand its funding of youth education, conservation, and shooting sports activities. The NRA Foundation, Inc., is a tax-exempt organization that supports of a wide range of firearms-related public interest activities of the NRA and other organizations that defend Americans’ Second Amendment rights.
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