30 Facts About Marion Hammer

Marion P Hammer was born on April 26,1939 and is an American gun advocate and lobbyist who was the first female president of the National Rifle Association of America, from 1995 to 1998.

Marion Hammer developed an NRA program for children, Eddie Eagle GunSafe, in 1988.

Marion Hammer is currently very active in lobbying the NRA positions and helping to write pro-gun legislation with the Florida State Legislature, including participation in Senate and House committee meetings following the mass shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on 14 February 2018.

Marion Hammer grew up on a farm owned by her grandparents near Columbia, South Carolina.

Marion Hammer's father served in World War II and died in Okinawa.

Marion Hammer married a man who loved hunting and they entered shooting competitions together as part of "family recreational activities" which later included their children.

Tallahassee, Florida-based Marion Hammer served as NRA president, an NRA board member, and an NRA lobbyist for the state of Florida.

Marion Hammer has been the executive director of the Unified Sportsmen of Florida, the NRA's affiliate in Florida, since 1976.

Marion Hammer had been an NRA member all her adult life, and had served as second and first vice president.

Marion Hammer founded the pro-gun organisation Unified Sportsmen of Florida in 1977, becoming the NRA's affiliate in Florida.

In 2019, it was reported that Marion Hammer had received low-interest loans from the USF.

Marion Hammer has been active as a lobbyist in the state of Florida from the late 1970s and continues her position today.

Marion Hammer has been credited with being the force behind most gun laws in Florida for more than three decades, which included about 30 laws since 1998 alone.

Marion Hammer "lobbied for and eventually pushed through" a 1987 Florida law that allows Floridians who "have no criminal records or mental illness" to carry concealed weapons with concealed-carry permits.

Marion Hammer is lobbying to have the program placed under Republican Jimmy Patronis, the state Chief Financial Officer.

Marion Hammer was "one of the chief architects" of the Stand-your-ground law that was signed into law by Governor Jeb Bush in 2005.

Marion Hammer is absolutely vibrant in protecting the Second Amendment.

Marion Hammer's influence was felt across the United States as Florida pro-gun laws, according to Bloomberg News, became the model for similar laws passed in a majority of US states.

Marion Hammer described these "local gun haters" as flouting the 1987 law.

In December 2017, Marion Hammer responded to the rejection by the Florida Senate Judiciary Committee of pro-gun proposals that would have loosened gun laws regarding carrying concealed-weapons near courthouses, religious institutions, private schools, day care facilities, and the inadvertent display of handguns.

In June 2022, it was announced that Marion Hammer would retire as the state lobbyist for the NRA-Institute for Legislative Action in Florida, taking on a new role as an adviser to the NRA, focused on national gun advocacy.

Marion Hammer began to develop the NRA program for children, Eddie Eagle GunSafe, in 1988, which was updated by Lisa Monroe, a University of Oklahoma School of Education early childhood education specialist contracted by the NRA.

Marion Hammer was awarded with the Outstanding Community Service Award from the National Safety Council in 1993.

In 2005, Marion Hammer was inducted into the Florida Women's Hall of Fame.

Marion Hammer's grandson has a disability and she has lobbied so that children with dyslexia can "use talking computers during standardized tests".

Marion Hammer has "helped secure funding for the McKay scholarships for children with disabilities" and for funding to install "speed-limit signs outside private schools".

Marion Hammer said that a NRA lawyer wrote the document that spelled out the terms of the dismissal of the Swiftmud lawsuit.

Marion Hammer then sent this to Albritton and Governor Scott's office.

On July 13,2018, Marion Hammer filed federal and state lawsuits seeking over $2 million in damages from five men who she claimed had harassed her in response to her appearances in these meetings.

Marion Hammer regularly participated in and Mr Sorensen apparently sought to join.