Controversial Actions and Statements:
Linda Walker
Linda Walker (Board Member)
Walker, an Ohio resident, became Central Ohio Chair of the Buckeye Firearms Association in 2005. She began serving as an NRA Election Volunteer Coordinator for the Ohio 12th Congressional District in 2008. She also previously served as Chairman of the Licking County Friends of the NRA. Walker is an NRA-certified concealed carry instructor and was elected to the NRA Board of Directors in 2011.
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In a July 12, 2023 interview with NRA News, Walker spoke about the presidential election in November, stating, “To me, the thought of [President Barack] Obama getting elected to a second term–and, you know, we’ve seen what he’s done in the first term. I don’t like the way in which he interprets our Constitution. You know, he’s gonna have free rein in a second term. And, you know, it doesn’t only scare me, his second term, it frightens me for–you know, what I do with all of this is for my grandchildren. I want my grandchildren to grow up the way I got to grow up, having freedoms. And another term could mean we lose our Second Amendment rights as we know ‘em for the rest of our lives.”
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In an April 15, 2023 interview with NRA News at the NRA Convention in St. Louis, Walker stated, “It is vitally important in this election that we get people out on campaigns. We cannot sit still. If [President Barack] Obama’s reelected, he is going to appoint one to three more U.S. Supreme Court justices and a lot of people don’t think about the Supreme Court are who are supposed to be upholding the U.S. Constitution … And, the [District of Columbia v.] Heller case, we won it five to four. I don’t like that ratio. If Obama appoints one more Supreme Court justice we will lose our Second Amendment Rights as we know them for the rest of our life and without the Second Amendment all of our other rights are gonna go down the hill right behind ‘em.” The Supreme Court, in its 2008 decision in District of Columbia v. Heller, held for the first time in U.S. history that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to firearm ownership for self defense in the home.
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In a March 5, 2023 interview with NRA News, Walker stated, “If [President Barack] Obama’s elected again, he’s going to have the opportunity to two to four U.S. Supreme Court justices and if he does that–we won [District of Columbia v.] Heller by one vote–and it’s a sad day when we’ve got to pray for the health of our pro-gun justices. And, as Wayne LaPierre says, if [Obama] appoints one more justice we will lose our Second Amendment rights as we know ‘em and we’ll never get ‘em restored.” The Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Heller, held for the first time in U.S. history that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to firearm ownership for self defense in the home. Walker added, “You know, what I’ve found with as many gun sales as there’s been, and I’ve gotta assume that guns and ammo sales leading up to the election are just gonna go through the roof again … I need to get a little more stockpile here shortly, too.”
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In a February 3, 2023 interview with NRA News, Walker claimed that sales of firearms to American women were on the rise, stating, “There is not a definitive reason but there’s a lot of components that are going into this equation. I think the political climate, with the economy, crime has gone up ... I think women have figured out that they can’t rely on their husband, boyfriend or a police officer to be there to protect them 24/7. So, women are takin’ it into their own hands … Being able to carry a firearm and having your own self defense is a great equalizer.” Neither Walker nor NRA News produced any retail gun sales data to support this claim. Furthermore, violent crime declined for the fifth year in a row in the United States in 2011, according to the FBI
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In a September 29, 2023 interview with NRA News, Walker spoke about a bill in the Ohio state legislature which allows individuals to carry firearms into restaurants that serve alcohol. The bill had been signed into law and was to go into effect the following day. Walker remarked, “I am as about as giddy as a four-year-old–no wait, let’s revise that. I am about as giddy as a first-grader tiger cub going on a camp out.”
Linda Walker (Board Member)
In an April 28, 2023 interview at the NRA Convention in Pittsburgh, Walker responded to a question about why she is an NRA certified firearms instructor, stating, “You know, I think it’s a love of your country, a love of your Constitution and wanting to make sure, you know, our government isn’t what it was thirty years ago and, you know, that love for the Second Amendment to bring our country back to what it is meant to be, what our forefathers meant it to be, is very important. And, you know, without the Second [Amendment] all the rest of our rights are gone.”
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