Tom King

EAST GREENBUSH, NEW YORK

Current NRA Board member, nominated by NRA Nominating committee, Benefactor Member. President & C.E.O. of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, the first gun organization to endorse Donald Trump for president early in 2015. Organized major lawsuit against the New York ban on concealed carry, resulting in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision (the Bruen Decision), which declared the ban unconstitutional and confirmed that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun for self-defense outside the home. Steadfast defender of the Constitution, especially the Second Amendment. Defends and promotes the right to keep and bear arms on national media including Fox & Friends, Dana Perino, Shannon Bream, Stinchfield, Cam Edwards, CBS, NBC, ABC, Spectrum and others. President of the NRA Foundation, trustee of NRA Whittington Center, member of NRA Executive Committee.  Chairman, Rensselaer civil service commission, enforces merit and fitness-based hiring practices in government employment.