Dec 24, 2024
Riding Shotgun With Charlie
#219
Liz Bush
Deputy Executive Director,
NRA General Operations
I had a chance to film some shows with the NRA staff at the NRA HQ in Fairfax, VA. With time in my schedule, I asked a friend on the BOD who else I could have. She suggested Liz Bush. I wasn’t familiar with her name, but...
Dec 10, 2024
Riding Shotgun With Charlie
#218
Jacek Waliszewki
Code Name: Spike, Author
Sometimes the planets all line up for me. I was in Knoxville, TN, for the Gun Owners of America’s G.O.A.L.S event. I was talking with Kirk Whatley from Samson Mfg. Kirk has been a friend for a long time. He was RSWC #005 back when I was...
Nov 26, 2024
Riding Shotgun With Charlie
#217
Desi Bergman
Not Me SD
I met Desi Bergman at GunProm held by San Diego County Gun Owners back in June of 2022. I met a lot of people that weekend. I may have been “over self-served.” But at Gun Rights Policy Conference in 2024, we got to meet again. And I’ll remember it this...
Nov 12, 2024
Riding Shotgun With Charlie
#216
Mark Keefe
NRA Managing Director of Editorial & Public Affairs
Like everyone who has read any of the NRA’s magazines or watched American Rifleman, or even seen some shows on The Outdoor Channel or The History Channel, I’ve seen Mark Keefe for years. Emails between the NRA staff and...
Oct 29, 2024
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#215
Keith Barry (KB)
51Fifty Rifles/Optimum
At the NRA Annual Meeting, I got a message from Frank Johnson to meet him at the 51Fifty/Optimum booth. I was asked to be on Frank’s show Range Report earlier in the year, so I wanted to meet him in person. At the 51Fifty booth was Keith Berry...