Mr. Bruce E. Stern
Bruce E. Stern, President of the Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen, is seeking reelection to another three-year term as a director of the National Rifle Association of America. He has been a Board member since 1996 and is again a candidate nominated by the NRA Nominating Committee. He is a Benefactor life member of the NRA. He now serves on the NRA Board's Finance, Membership and Gun Collectors Committee. He is Vice-Chairman of the Gun Collectors Committee.
Stern, who co-founded the coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen in 1988, is married with 2 children. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance of the University of Pennsylvania, NYU Law School and the University of Bridgeport with an MBA degree.
He is a Vietnam veteran who served with the U.S. Army with the rank of captain. He practices law in Trumbull and was its elected Town Treasurer for 14 years. He is currently a member of the American Legion Post 141 in Trumbull and serves as its Post Judge Advocate. He is a life member of the Law Enforcement Alliance of America (LEAA) .
Stern has been an active volunteer lobbyist in Connecticut for many years He served on the 1989 Connecticut Legislature's Public safety Committee's Firearms aw Study Committee and presently serves (since 1995) as a member of an ad hoc citizens advisory committee that works with the Connecticut State Police on Legislative matters and on matters relating to the implementation and enforcement of laws relating to firearms in this state. He has also drafted pro-firearms legislation and has appeared many times before legislative committees in support of the rights of firearms owners.
He is and has been a dedicated, uncompromising advocate for the Second Amendment and the rights of firearms owners in Connecticut and has appeared many times on local and state-wide radio and television and as guest speaker and on panel discussions before local chapters of national organizations in support of the right to keep and bear arms. He is a contributing editorial writer for Hook ‘n Bullet magazine. He is on the panel of local attorneys to which the NRA and the Coalition refer firearms-related matters.
Stern is an avid recreational shooter and a nationally recognized firearm collector. He is a member of many collectors' organizations, including the Ye Connecticut Gun Guild (president, 1978-79 and director many times) and the Stratford Gun Collectors Association. He is one of the few true collectors on the NRA Board.
The National Rifle Association is the only barrier between the anti-gun forces in this country and worldwide and American firearm owners. The success of the organization is due in part to the skill, dedication and hard work of members of its Board of Directors, such as Bruce Stern, who serve on the Board without compensation, The Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen wholeheartedly endorses Bruce Stern for reelection to the NRA Board of Directors. In terms of the Coalition's rating system, Stern receives an "A+" with and endorsement. Connecticut is and will continue to be represented on the Board by a person, Bruce Stern, who believes in and works tirelessly for US against those individuals and organizations that would like nothing better than to scrap the Second Amendment and permanently disarm American citizens.
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The Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen urges every NRA voting member to Vote for Bruce Stern.
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We are fortunate to have these two such individuals, in addition to Bruce Stern, on the NRA ballot this year. The Coalition of Connecticut Sportsmen urges all NRA voting members to support the re-election of Patricia A. Clark and John L. Cushman, as well as that of its President, Bruce Stern, to the NRA Board of Directors.
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