Marion Hammer, Influential Florida NRA Lobbyist, Retires After 44 Years
Local News Staff 
NRA gun lobbyist Marion Hammer retired this past week. Hammer, 83, spent 44 years as a lobbyist for the NRA and served as the first woman president of the national gun-rights group.
“Marion Hammer’s name has become synonymous with the Second Amendment and with the NRA. She is a dynamic and legendary advocate who has led the way with many laws that started in Florida and then served as a blueprint across the country,” NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre said in a statement Thursday announcing Hammer’s retirement.
According to the announcement, Hammer will continue to serve as an adviser to the NRA “so our members can continue to benefit from her expertise and defense of their freedoms.”
Hammer served as a chief advocate of Florida's 2005 "Stand Your Ground" law.
35 years ago, Hammer also pressed through a bill directing the state to issue concealed-weapon licenses, now the law in every state in the union.
